Germany promises a fair share of Europe's defense as NATO leaders arrive at the Hag summit meeting

German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz warned that the President of Russia only understood the language of power and this “historical” NATO summit on Tuesday in The Hague would strive to secure peace in Europe for subsequent generations.

Mertz told the German parliament hours before the summit of the summit began that Vladimir Putin remains established that Ukraine should be part of Russia and he said that Berlin would pay his “fair share” to protect Europe.

US President Donald Trump is on the way to The Hague for his first NATO summit in 2019, where all 32 leaders are ready to commit to spending 3.5% of national defense products and another 1.5% for related infrastructure.

Prior to the summit, overshadowed by the Israeli-Iranian conflict, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rute told its European counterparts to stop worrying about the US commitment to the Western Union and focusing on the investment in defense and support of Ukraine.

He insisted that the President of the United States and the senior leadership has a “total commitment” to NATO, which came with the expectation of the US military spending.

Ruth said Europe and Canada have already engaged in over $ 35 billion ($ 26 billion) in military support for Ukraine this year.

Ten people were killed in Russian attacks against Ukraine on Tuesday, and the German chancellor said any attempt to bring Russia to the negotiating table has been unsuccessful so far.

Missile attacks in the eastern city of Denipro and the nearby town of Samar killed 11 people and injured another 150, according to regional chief Sergius Lisak. A number of children were injured in the attack on DNiPro, which damaged kindergarten and passenger train.

An earlier stroke on sums in the northeast killed three people, including a child.

Voladimir Zelenski in Ukraine, who arrived in The Hague, must meet with Donald Trump on the sidelines of the NATO summit. This will be their first meeting as they met at Pope Francis' funeral in the Vatican in April.

NATO member states are expected to approve a major new investment plan that will raise a standard for investment in defense to 5% of GDP.

Many allies are far under the commitment to spend 3.5% of GDP on defense until 2035, but the German government has supported a budget deal on Tuesday to achieve this by 2029.

About 62.4 billion euros (€ 53 billion) will be spent on defense in 2025, increasing to € 152.8 billion in 2029, partly funded by debt and special funds.

“We do not do this as a service for the US and his president, we do this out of our own opinion and conviction, because Russia is actively and aggressively threatens the security and freedom of the entire Euro-Atlantic area.”

During the Mertz Summit, he must meet with the United Kingdom Prime Minister Sir Kiir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron.

Mark Rute has spent much of the nine months since he became NATO Secretary General to make the Allies engage in 5%. The figure is more than double the current 2% guidelines of NATO members and seemed unthinkable – and unrealistic – to most, when President Trump first put it in January.

The two -day NATO summit was scaled back, so after dinner on Tuesday, hosting the Dutch king, there will be a work session under three hours on Wednesday and a five -paragraph statement, apparently to accommodate President Trump.

The formulation of the commitment in the statement is key.

While 3.5% of target costs will meet the basic defense requirements, 1.5% will be spent on “protection costs”-a suitable broad expression that covers investment in everything-from cybersecurity to infrastructure.

Achieving 3.5% the purpose of the basic defense costs will still require a significant correction for the bigger part of NATO countries. Of the 32 allies, 27 spend less than 3%, eight moving well below the threshold of 2%, determined by the Alliance in 2014.

On Monday, Prime Minister Kayer Starmer has promised that the United Kingdom will fulfill the target from 5% to 2035.S

He said the United Kingdom should “navigate this era of radical uncertainty with agility, speed and a clear sense of national interest.” The UK government said it expects to spend 2.6% of GDP on the basic protection within two years, along with 1.5% for protection areas.

At the bottom of the rainbow is Spain, whose defense costs are below 1.3%.

Madrid will have to double his funding in order to achieve the new goal of Ruth – something that socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has long been resisting, claiming that “not only will be unreasonable but also counterproductive.”

In addition, most importantly, it would be unpopular at home, not last among its left-wing ruling coalition, at the moment when the Sanchez government is passing.

On Sunday, Sanchez said Spain had achieved a deal that would see him, he was released from the target – something that was quickly pressed back. “NATO is absolutely convinced that Spain will have to spend 3.5%to get there,” he said on Monday.

Sanchez's proposal for a lower cost threshold was enough for Belgium and Slovakia to express interest in the release-the hard-to-win image of a United Union route.

“I can assure you that for weeks our diplomats have been working hard to obtain the flexibility mechanisms,” said Belgium Foreign Minister Maxim Privot. Brussels's costs are currently 1.3% – and Slovakia also said it reserves the right to decide when to achieve the new goal.

Despite their comments, all 32 states are expected to register with the new bet.

As NATO leaders and leaders of more than a dozen partner countries made their way to The Hague, a train trip from Shiphol Airport near Amsterdam was poorly disturbed after the cables were damaged by fire.

Security Minister David Van Well said sabotage could not be ruled out. “This may be an activist group, it can be another country. It can be anything,” he told the public television operator NOS. “The most important thing now is to repair the cables and move traffic again.”