NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said Thursday that the alliance is not “whistling past the graveyard” and members are doing everything US Donald Trump has requested, but he acknowledged that some allies were initially “a bit slow” to support the United States with its war with Iran.

NATO has begun military planning for an operation known as “Arctic Sentry,” aimed at strengthening vigilance in the Arctic as tensions continue between the United States and its European allies over Greenland, according to a NATO official.

Canadian Armed Forces said Warrant Officer George Hohl was found dead on Sept. 5 while serving on Operation Reassurance.

Jafar Huseynzada, the head of the Azerbaijani Mission to NATO, held a meeting with Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, the Chairman of NATO’s Military Committee, at the Alliance’s headquarters in Brussels.

During his visit to Latvia, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Canada will extend its largest overseas military mission for an additional three years.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for the deployment of a European peacekeeping contingent to help secure the country amid the ongoing conflict with Russia. Speaking on the topic, Zelensky emphasized the scale of such an operation:

By Samir Muradov

A statement by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that peace talks between Russia and Ukraine lose significance amid Turkey's and the West's military support for Kyiv reflects the growing tension surrounding the conflict’s resolution. In an interview with Hürriyet on November 1, Lavrov emphasized that Turkey’s attempts at mediation appear paradoxical in light of its arms supplies to Ukraine, casting doubt on the feasibility of dialogue.

NATO announced on Monday that approximately 200 personnel from its newly established Allied Reaction Force (ARF) will be deployed to the Western Balkans from September 30 to October 16.

Editor's note: Hungarian political scientist, editor-in-chief of the portal moszkvater.com, expert of the Valdai Club Gabor Stier.