The military chiefs of all 32 NATO countries sat down at alliance headquarters for the 193rd session of the NATO Military Committee, working through deterrence, Ukraine and the run-up to the Hague summit in a single sitting.
Committee chair Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone opened by stressing that collective defense depends on the alliance's individual militaries actually cooperating in practice, not just on paper — and that clear, fast military advice matters more as the threat picture gets harder to read. NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe briefed the chiefs on the alliance's current military posture and ongoing operations, before discussion turned to defense planning, innovation and next-generation systems.
A closing word from Kyiv
Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief General Oleksandr Syrskyi joined the closing session by video link from Kyiv. The chiefs used the moment to reaffirm that resourcing Ukraine's defense remains a live commitment, not a wind-down.