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Stan Rogers Folk Festival 2024: 27 years of music and community | SaltWire #festival #music #nsSINGAPORE - Russia's small neighbours on Friday lobbied the West at the Shangri-La Dialogue for arms production, spending and military planning to protect against Russian aggression, a challenge a senior Finland official said was too much to bear alone.

Pulkkinen said NATO decisions on command and control arrangements taken at the July summit in Washington would be"of crucial importance" as Russia's capabilities increased. Estonia has been a NATO member since 2004 and is pressing member states to increase defence spending."Going to Washington, we are advocating for the ACDC initiative," he said, referring to Baltic states' proposal for an Allied Capability Development Commitment, which calls for NATO members' spending plans to rise from 2% of GDP to 2.5%.

Ukraine, which Russia invaded in 2022, has become increasingly reliant on Western arms and ammunition as its stockpiles of Soviet-era equipment dwindle. Its Western allies have promised tens of billions of dollars' worth of security assistance this year.

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