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Ankara NATO Summit: Trump Demands 5% GDP Defence Plans as Russia Escalates
On the eve of the 7–8 July 2026 summit in Ankara, President Trump arrived insisting every ally show a credible path to spend 5 % of GDP on defence, while Russia underscored the stakes by unleashing its largest missile-drone barrage on Ukraine in months.
Focusing Facts
- The 5 % spending target was formally adopted at the 2025 Hague summit and must be reached by 2035, a ten-year timetable affecting all 32 NATO members.
- Pentagon officials confirmed a six-month review of the roughly 80,000 U.S. troops stationed in Europe after a May order to withdraw 5,000 soldiers from Germany was issued and then partially reversed.
- Kyiv reported more than 60 missiles and drones fired during the 5–6 July Russian strike wave, hitting at least seven Ukrainian cities days before the summit.
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