Belgium's Proximus and France's Thales have won a major NATO contract to modernise the alliance's IT infrastructure, the two companies said on Tuesday.

NATO exercise shows alliance resolve as concerns grow about Russia's shadow fleet in the Baltic Sea, with incidents of severed cables raising regional tensions

BERLIN (Reuters) -Russia is determined to test the resolve of the NATO alliance, including by extending its confrontation with the West beyond the borders of Ukraine, the Germany's foreign intelligence chief told the Table Media news organization.

Russia is determined to test the resolve of the NATO alliance, including by extending its confrontation with the West beyond the borders of Ukraine, the Germany's foreign intelligence chief told the Table Media news organization.

Moscow could send "little green men" to attack the bloc's Eastern flank, said Bruno Kahl, head of Germany's Federal Intelligence Service.

NATO secretary general Mark Rutte is urging Europe to massively increase its spending on missile defence systems while Russia remains engaged in Ukraine, leading to calls for a "Golden Dome" defence system,

Ukraine must take part in NATO’s summit in the Netherlands later this month, where strong decisions are also necessary, Kyiv said Tuesday. “We emphasize that not only Ukraine's participation is needed, but also a strong decision from this summit,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Heorhii Tykhyi told a press briefing in the capital Kyiv.