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On Ukraine, Western officials say things are bad but they could be a lot worse.

From a strategic point, Avdiivka is not a big loss for Ukraine, as the Russian invaders have already destroyed the entire infrastructure of the city, the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, said in a commentary to Foreign Policy on Feb. 17.

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Attendees of the Munich Security Conference were worried about Ukraine’s prospects against Russia and American commitment to Kyiv.

The longer Russia’s aggression against the world order continues, the greater the changes and threats it provokes to other countries, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said during a speech at the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 17.

On Ukraine, Western officials say things are bad but they could be a lot worse.

Article: Europe preparing for WW3 against Russia - The Baltic States--Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia--are significantly stepping up the pace at which they train their armed forces, reflecting growing security concerns in the region.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is preparing for war against the Baltic states, the Financial Times reported, citing a senior Ukrainian official saying that Kyiv had “strong intelligence” that Putin was making preparations for war against the Baltic states.

If Donald Trump becomes president of the United States again and decides to leave NATO, the Netherlands will have to double its defense spending, outgoing Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren said on Nieuwsuur. The Netherlands is currently just under the NATO standard of spending 2 percent of its GDP on Defense. “But America is such a big and important ally. Without their support, we’ll have to think about doubling it.”

Aimed to prepare for a potential war with Russia, NATO’s Steadfast Defender exercises have become the alliance's largest military drills since the Cold War, NATO’s Military Committee Chair, Admiral Rob Bauer, told the Financial Times.