U.S. and Polish officials have opened a new NATO missile defense base in northen Poland. Polish officials welcomed it as a significant boost to the security of the nation and the wider NATO region at a time of war in neighboring Ukraine.

The United States opened a new air defence base in northern Poland on Wednesday, an event the European nation's president said showed the country was secure as a member of NATO even as Russia wages war in neighbouring Ukraine.

The Kremlin has hit out at the U.S. after it opened a new missile base in NATO Nation Poland. Kremlin spokesperson said that the U.S. was moving it military close to Russian borders. He cited Vladimir Putin to claim that the U.