He highlighted how NATO countries raised their military spendings – the trend, triggered by Russia’s seizure of Crimea in 2014. When NATO leaders at a summit in 2014 set a target of 2% of GDP, only three members — the United States, Greece and Great Britain — achieved this figure, Stoltenberg said. “NATO allies are this year increasing defense spending by 18%, that’s the biggest increase in decades, and 23 allies are going to spend 2% of GDP or more on defense this year.” Read also: Germany commits to allocating 2% of GDP for defense — Scholz “Some European NATO members are calling for the def…