German Chancellor Frederick Merz has warned that the Presidents of Russia only understand the language of force and the purpose of Tuesday’s “historic” NATO Summit in Hague will be to ensure peace in Europe for generations to come.

Before the commencement of the summit, Mars told the German Parliament that Vladimir Putin determined that Ukraine should be part of Russia, and he said that Berlin would pay his “proper part” to protect Europe.

US President Donald Trump is on the way to Hague for his first NATO Summit since 2019, where all 32 leaders are committed to spending 3.5% national production on defense and 1.5% on related infrastructure.

Beyond a summit seen by the Israeli-Iran Sangharsh, NATO general secretary Mark Rute asked his European colleagues to stop worrying about American commitment to the Western alliance and focus on investing in defense and supporting Ukraine.

He insisted that the US President and senior leadership had “total commitment” for NATO, which came up with the hope of matching US military expenses.

Rute said that Europe and Canada had already committed more than $ 35BN (£ 26BN) in military support for Ukraine this year.

On Tuesday, ten people were killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine, and the German Chancellor said that every effort to bring Russia to the conversation table has so far failed.

According to regional head Sera Lisak, missile attacks on the Eastern city of DNIPRO and nearby Summer killed 11 people and injured another 150. Several children were injured in an attack on DNipro, causing damage to a kindergarten and a passenger train.

A missile strike on Sumi in the north-east killed three people, including a child.

Volodimier Zelansky of Ukraine, who has come to the Hague, is due to meeting Donald Trump on the occasion of the NATO Summit. This will be his first encounter since the Pope Francis was found at the funeral in Vatican in April.

NATO member states are expected to approve a major new investment scheme that will increase the benchmark to 5% of GDP for defense investment.

Many colleagues are much below the commitment to spend 3.5% of GDP on defense by 2035, but the German government on Tuesday supported a budget deal to hit that target by 2029.

In 2025, some € 62.4BN (£ 53bn) will be spent on defense, 2029 will increase to € 152.8bn, partially funded by loans and special funds.

“We are not so that as a side for the US and its President, we are out of our attitude and firm belief, as Russia is actively and aggressively endangering the safety and freedom of the entire-euros-european region.”

During the summit, Merz is due to the UK Prime Minister Sir Kir Stmper and French President Emmanuel Macron.

Mark Rutte has spent most of the nine months since NATO General Secretary, which is working to work for a 5% target to allies. The figure exceeded the current 2% guidelines of double NATO members and seemed unimaginable – and unrealless – when President Trump first set it in January.

The two-day NATO summit is scalled back, so that after the Dutch King hosting the dinner on Tuesday, there will be a work session of less than three hours on Wednesday and the statement of five-guard, apparently to adjust President Trump.

The word commitment is important in the statement.

While 3.5% of the target expenditure will cover the main defense requirements, 1.5% will be spent on “defense-related expenditure”-a suitable comprehensive expression that incorporates investment in anything from cyber security to infrastructure.

The 3.5% core defense expenses will still require a significant adjustment for the majority of NATO countries to reach the target. Of the 32 colleagues, 27 are spent under 3%, with eight hovering below the 2% limit determined by the alliance in 2014.

On Monday, Prime Minister Kir Stmper promises that UK will meet 5% target by 2035,

He said that Britain had to “navigate this era of radical uncertainty with a clear sense of agility, speed and national interest”. The UK government said it is expected to spend 2.6% of GDP on core defense within two years, which is with 1.5% in defense -related areas.

The lower part of the cry has Spain, which is below the defense spending of 1.3%.

Madrid will need to double her funds to meet Root’s new goal – something that socialist Prime Minister Pedro Syche has long opposed, arguing that “not only would it be inappropriate, but will also be a counter -protest”.

This also, significantly, will be unpopular at home-not at the midst of its leftist governing alliance-at such a time when the government of the Sanchies is tactoring.

On Sunday, Sanchez said that Spain had reached a deal, which would make it free from the target – some rutt pushed back rapidly. “NATO is completely convinced that Spain will have to spend 3.5% to reach there,” he said on Monday.

The suggestion of the low-cost limit was enough for Belgium and Slovakia, which also expresses interest in a discount to dent the hard-von image of a United alliance of Rutte.

Belgian Foreign Minister Maxim Prevot said, “I can assure you that we have been working hard to achieve our diplomatic flexibility system since weeks.” The cost of Brussels is currently 1.3% – and Slovakia has also said that it reserves the right to decide when to meet the new target.

Despite their comments, all 32 states are expected to sign a new pledge.

As the leaders of NATO and more than a dozen fellow states made their way for the Hague, the train journey from Shifol Airport near Amsterdam was badly disrupted, when the cables were damaged by the fire.

Security Minister David Van Wel said that sabotage cannot be denied. “It can be a worker group, it can be another country. It can be anything,” he told public broadcaster Nos. “Now the most important thing is to repair the cables and push the traffic again.”