“Key Measures Being Taken by NATO to Strengthen Defense Capabilities”
Speech by Deputy Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Major General Vadym Skibitskyi at a roundtable discussion held by the Institute for Global Politics on „Problems and Prospects for Creating a New European Security System in the Context of Russia’s Aggressive Foreign Policy” on December 11, 2025. (Part 2).
- Increasing defense spending from 2 % to 5 % of GDP.
- Integration of new NATO members – Finland and Sweden – into the Alliance’s military structures.
- Deployment of brigade combat teams based on multinational battalion tactical groups.
- Introduction of a new model for NATO’s Armed Forces –NATO Joint Response Forces have been formed.
- Building up of the air and missile defense system.
- Development of infrastructure on the Alliance’s eastern flank.
- Active measures of operational and combat training.
- An important challenge facing Europe is the strategic uncertainty of the United States.
