Currently, NATO members are expected to reach the benchmark of spending at least 2% of their GDP on defense by 2024. That target was agreed at a 2014 summit in Wales, just after Russia annexed the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula of Crimea. In the face of Russia’s war in Ukraine, some NATO members are calling for more defense spending. Lithuania says the current benchmark of 2% of GDP should be the bare minimum, Is this a unity test for NATO members ?

