Military.com has exclusively learned that a white paper on U.S. aircraft in association with NATO allies is moving through the Pentagon for Secretary Hegseth's final approval.

A regular meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council will take place in Brussels on 11 November, with Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Taras Kachka participating. A NATO official,

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said alliance efforts to close the gap with Russia when it comes to mass-producing fire power is paying dividends.

For the first time, NATO allowed journalists to witness its annual nuclear exercise, a once-secret event that now serves as both a show of transparency and a message of deterrence toward Russia.

NATO, rather than the European Union, has the experience and capabilities to manage Russia’s drone threat to the continent.

Nato countries, with the exception of Spain, agreed in June to increase defence spending by 2035 to 5 per cent of GDP a year, 1.5 per cent of which can be spent on infrastructure. In Germany, defence officials are lobbying to ensure that vital routes are prioritised as part of a €500bn plan to upgrade roads, bridges and railways.

Australia's most sophisticated military surveillance plane was deployed 45 times next to Ukraine in the last three months as part of NATO efforts to monitor Russian activity.