May 22, 2026

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said he “welcomes” U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest announcement about deploying 5,000 troops to Poland.    NATO’s military commanders will work through details, Rutte said, during remarks to reporters ahead of the alliance’s foreign ministers’ meeting in Sweden, DW reported.   Trump said he plans to send 5,000 troops to…

Reuters.  Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday (May 21), that military drills involving nuclear forces were always a signal.     Moscow is conducting some of its biggest nuclear exercises in years, involving 64,000 people to drill its forces in “the preparation and use of nuclear forces in the event of aggression.”   “As part…