Preparations are underway to quickly transfer additional Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine, NATO's top military commander Alexus Grynkewich said on Thursday, as the country suffers some of the heaviest Russian attacks of the war so far.

Flight data showed how American and British reconnaissance aircraft flew from England toward Russia on Monday.

President Trump is hosting NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House on Monday as the U.S. agrees to sell new and more weapons to Europe and Ukraine.

WIESBADEN (Reuters) -Preparations are underway to quickly transfer additional Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine, NATO's top military commander Alexus Grynkewich said on Thursday, as the country suffers some of the heaviest Russian attacks of the war so far.

India has rejected Nato chief Mark Rutte’s warning about buying Russian oil and has flagged double standards of the West. For context, European nations that largely make up Nato have paid more money to Russia for energy imports than they have given to Ukraine in aid.

"Putin's criminal war is getting closer to our borders," Polish Foreign Minister, Radosław Sikorski, said on Wednesday.

Portugal is preparing a "credible" plan of gradual annual increases in defence spending to reach NATO's new target of 5% of gross domestic product by 2035 without jeopardising its finances, the country's prime minister said on Monday.

A strong defense isn't solely about the quantity of weapons stockpiled, but the ability to adapt and rapidly produce what’s