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Atlantic alliance chief warns member states to boost defence spending

Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. NATO

Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg warned Tuesday that allies are not boosting defence expenditure fast enough in the face of Russia's war in Ukraine, as the number of countries hitting a key spending target fell.

Following Moscow's annexation of Crimea in 2014, Nato members pledged to increase their defense spending to two percent of their respective Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2024.

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