Bulgaria’s Ministry of Defense said that its highways and railways were used to move personnel and military equipment for the “Strike Back 26” exercise involving NATO forces.
Ukraine expects the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to formally debate a mandatory, budget-linked financial aid package for Kyiv at its upcoming summit in July. Nariman Dzhelialov, Ukraine’s ambassador to Turkiye, confirmed the expectation on Tuesday, floating a mechanism where individual member states would contribute a fractional percentage of their national budgets to sustain Ukraine's frontline defenses—even as several prominent allies continue to push back against the proposal.
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