U.S. President Donald Trump said he was not concerned about Russia beefing up its military presence alongside the border of NATO countries.

Germany's new government surprised NATO allies on Thursday by putting forward plans to boost defence spending, to meet a target of five percent of GDP demanded by US President

US President Donald Trump’s stance toward NATO has “awakened” Europe to the need for a strong collective defense, according to Leon Aron, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. But the time it will take Europe to rearm opens a window for further aggression by Russia,

Poland, a NATO member, has reportedly intervened after it detected ships from Russia's "shadow fleet" operating near a cable in the Baltic Sea.

Congressman Mike Turner — head of the U.S. NATO delegation — worked diligently to bring the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ’s Spring Parliamentary Assembly to Dayton, his hometown, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Dayton Peace Accords that ended the war in Bosnia.

Trump told reporters on Friday that he would speak with Putin after the Russian president skipped peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey.

"We just need to work through the practical consequences," U.S. ambassador to NATO, Matthew Whitaker, said earlier this week.

By Matt Spetalnick, David Brunnstrom and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump turned down the lights in the Oval Office on Wednesday and made South African President Cyril Ramaphosa the target of his latest geopolitical ambush of a foreign leader in front of television cameras.