Tested by Russia, NATO looks to strengthen its defenses

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : Washington has shifted closer to Kyiv as Trump has lost patience with Russian leader Vladimir Putin for stalling on peace efforts.
62% : The EU will present a road map on its plans to ministers and hopes to get sign off on it at a summit of leaders next week.
55% : Hegseth is set to press allies to cough up more money for an initiative from Trump for Europe to pay for US weapons for Kyiv.
50% : Trump is currently weighing whether to let Ukraine have longer-range Tomahawk missiles and is set to meet with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday.
50% : The Kremlin has warned Washington against the move, but Trump may be willing to let Kyiv hit far inside Russia to pressure Putin towards peace.
46% : The drone initiative is one of a number of flagship projects the EU is focusing on as part of a broad push to prepare the bloc for potential conflict with Moscow in the coming years.
41% : "The possibility of deep strikes could change Putin's calculation as well, and would put a lot of things at risk, including significant energy infrastructure inside Russia," Whitaker said.
39% : NATO is at the same time seeking to speed up work on better developing anti-drone capabilities and incorporating the sort of low-cost technology Ukraine is using into its own defenses.

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