The ministers will also debate a call from NATO’s commander to lift restrictions on the use of their aircraft and other equipment so they can be used to defend the alliance’s eastern border with Russia, Belarus and Ukraine more effectively. At the same time, new data on Western military aid to Ukraine is showing that it plunged by 43% in July and August compared to the first half of the year, according to Germany’s Kiel Institute, which tracks defense and financial support to Kyiv. U.S. Lt. Gen. Alex Grynkewich, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander, or SACEUR, believes the response to the airspace incidents in Poland and Estonia was “text book.” But he wants to be free to use aircraft in any one of those missions elsewhere, providing a unified air shield with common rules of engagement.
Published at: 2025-10-14 21:34:03
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