BIG | 🇩🇰🇪🇺🇺🇦🇷🇺‼️‼️ NATO’s top military leaders have gathered in Copenhagen as the alliance confronts increasingly serious Russian hybrid activity, including airspace violations, drone incidents and other operations aimed at testing Allied resolve.
The chiefs of defence from all 32 NATO members, together with the alliance’s senior commanders, discussed strengthening collective deterrence and defence, accelerating new military capabilities and maintaining support for Ukraine. NATO Military Committee Chair Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone said Russia’s recent behavior is testing the alliance, while stressing that NATO remains ready to defend Allied territory.
The Copenhagen meeting reflects NATO’s accelerating shift from announcing higher defense commitments to actually delivering the forces, technology and industrial capacity required by its new plans. Russia’s war against Ukraine and intensifying hybrid pressure are increasingly being treated as interconnected challenges, pushing European allies toward faster readiness and deeper military cooperation.
See the latest updates with us: @visionergeo
Video
— @visionergeo Sep 20, 2026
 |
Michael_Novakhov shared this story from  POLITICO.
|
NATO ‘ready’ for potential Russian false flag attack, alliance’s top general says
NATO’s Adm. Giuseppe Cavo Dragone’s remarks follow multiple warnings by European leaders in recent days about a growing risk of Russian escalation.
20 HRS ago
2 mins read
Inside the secret race to become NATO’s next top general
Germany’s Carsten Breuer and Canada’s Jennie Carignan are battling it out to become to next chair of NATO’s military committee.
Sep 19
5 mins read
European leaders prepare public for ‘intensified threat’ from Putin
However, NATO sees no risk of “imminent attack” despite the fresh warnings from countries such as Poland, Lithuania, France and the Netherlands.
Sep 18
5 mins read
Slovakia’s Fico casts doubt over NATO mutual defense clause
Slovakia’s populist leader has long argued that Western countries’ approach to Russia and continued support for Ukraine is risking war.
Sep 18
2 mins read
Has Russia begun to order assassinations on US soil? An unsealed indictment suggests the Kremlin may have abandoned a longstanding taboo on attacks on its rival’s territory. trib.al/g6MLZsm
— @KenRoth Sep 20, 2026
Germany’s top general to lead NATO’s highest military authority – POLITICO politico.eu/article/germany-…
— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) Sep 20, 2026
CIA Director Ratcliffe met Egypt’s Sisi in Cairo today with intelligence chief Rashad present.
Key topics: pushing full implementation of the second phase of Trump’s Gaza plan, Egyptian support for a comprehensive Iran deal, and Sudan’s sovereignty.
Sisi stressed civilian protection in Gaza, rejected attacks on Arab states over Iran, and called Sudan’s territorial integrity inviolable.
— @clashreport Sep 20, 2026
French President Macron:
We have to be extremely vigilant, and we do not want to run short. We have rebuilt our gas stocks, and we are securing our supplies.
For example, when it comes to diesel, we consume around 600,000 barrels a day and import half of it. So we are securing those supplies.
We should not frighten people. We have to tell the truth about geopolitical instability and what it creates in our country, and we have to prepare for it.
That is exactly what France is doing and what it has accelerated in recent weeks.
Video
— @clashreport Sep 20, 2026
🇺🇦 **Zelensky: “We need another 40 days to defeat Russia”**
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reportedly stated at a summit in Zakarpattia that Ukraine needs **“another 40 days to defeat Russia.”**
According to his remarks, the Ukrainian Armed Forces also intend to **increase the number of strikes on Russian territory**.
**Forty days to victory? That’s a very ambitious deadline for a war that has already lasted years. **
— @SprinterPress Sep 20, 2026
tensions between Russian President Vladimir Putin and European leaders have reached a critical flashpoint – Google Search google.com/search?q=tensions…
— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) Sep 20, 2026
Opposition leaders lambasted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday after a report revealed new details about the extent to which Israeli intelligence believed Qatari money was funding Hamas’s military wing prior to the October 7, 2023, onslaught, including an assessment that it accounted for as much as half of the wing’s entire budget.
Read more: timesofisrael.com/pm-under-f…
— @TimesofIsrael Sep 20, 2026
The Israeli Embassy in Baku has congratulated Azerbaijan on Sovereignty Day.
According to Report, the embassy shared the message on its X account.
“The Embassy of the State of Israel sincerely congratulates the Republic of Azerbaijan on Sovereignty Day!
“We wish this important national holiday to bring lasting peace, prosperity, unity and strength to the people of Azerbaijan. We wish the Republic of Azerbaijan strong sovereignty, stability and a bright future,” the post said.
#report #reportaz #reportnewsaz #news #breakingnews #azerbaijan
— @reportaznews Sep 20, 2026