epa12454809 NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (R) welcomes US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth before NATO Ministers of Defence meeting in Brussels, Belgium, 15 October 2025. The meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Defence Ministers' Session will be followed by a Ukraine Contact Group meeting. EPA/OLIVIER HOSLET

epa12454965 Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen (L) and Finnish Minister of Defense Antti Hakkanen during the NATO Ministers of Defence meeting in Brussels, Belgium, 15 October 2025. The meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Defence Ministers' Session will be followed by a Ukraine Contact Group meeting. EPA/OLIVIER HOSLET

epa12455057 NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (L), US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (R) and French Minister of the Armed Forces Catherine Vautrin (C) attend the NATO Ministers of Defence meeting in Brussels, Belgium, 15 October 2025. The meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Defence Ministers' Session will be followed by a Ukraine Contact Group meeting. ...

epa12455050 Hungarian Minister of Defense Kristof Szalay-Bobrovniczky (L) talks with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir (R) during the NATO Ministers of Defence meeting in Brussels, Belgium, 15 October 2025. The meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Defence Ministers' Session will be followed by a Ukraine Contact...