NATO to send additional patrol planes to Black Sea after drone attacks
The alliance announces the deployment after a series of deadly drone attacks in the region.
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The alliance announces the deployment after a series of deadly drone attacks in the region.
NATO will put drone strikes in the Black Sea on its agenda at a meeting next week, officials said Thursday, following two new attacks and the disappearance of seven people. Incidents involving civilian vessels in the Black Sea have been on the rise off the coasts of Bulgaria and Romania in a suspected spillover from Russia’s war in Ukraine.
The alliance presents a common vision to deter adversaries.
Erin Ogunkeye welcomes Dr. Gavin Hall, NATO expert and Teaching Fellow in Political Science and International Security at the University of Strathclyde. NATO is sending a stark warning to Moscow: any Russian attack on alliance territory could trigger retaliation far beyond the battlefield, targeting “anything and everything that supports, sustains, and controls” the attacking force. But can Europe defend itself without Washington, as Donald Trump signals a renewed rapprochement with Russia?
NATO’s top military commander is expected to warn Russia on Monday that the alliance can counter any attack, officials said. US General Alexus Grynkewich will outline his “theory of victory” at a Warsaw security conference amid Western concerns over Moscow’s alleged campaign of sabotage and interference against Ukraine’s wartime backers.
NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) General Alexus G. Grynkewich - the alliance's top military commander - says the alliance should increase support to Ukraine when they're hit by Russian hybrid attacks. On the "brutal" war, he said there are "windows of opportunity" to bring the conflict to an end and that the alliance should seize them where possible to bring both sides to the table. He made the comments in his first interview with Bloomberg TV's Oliver Crook in Warsaw on Sunday Oct. 11. (Source: Bloomberg)
Defense startup Covenant says their new heavy-payload, long-range missile called Anthem will become key to Europe’s deterrence. The company plans to mass produce the missile at a new factory in eastern Germany, as NATO allies look for ways to refill depleted stocks of precision-strike weapons. Covenant President Abby Denburg spoke with Bloomberg’s Stephen Carroll from Berlin, on October 7, 2026. (Source: Bloomberg)