Many countries, particularly in Europe and NATO, are substantially raising their defense budgets in response to Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine, with nations like Poland, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Germany (exceeding NATO’s 2% GDP), and the Baltic states, Estonia, Latvia, as well as Lithuania (already surpassing 2%, aiming for 3-5% of GDP) strengthening spending to fortify their own militaries and allocate support to Kyiv to counter Russian aggression.