Eastern European states are facing the Russian threat with innovation and investment that makes their Western allies look ...

As the war in Ukraine drags on, the Kremlin is allegedly seeking a new way to escalate the conflict.

NATO is seen positively in most of 13 member states surveyed. Across 37 countries, views of Russia are negative and most people lack confidence in Putin and Zelenskyy.

Ukraine has appealed to NATO to speed up delivery of badly-needed Patriot defence systems after a night of horror led to Kyiv being brutally exposed to volleys of Russian missiles. A massive onslaught ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely in his most precarious position yet. But as NATO meets in Ankara this week, is this the moment he chooses truly to test the alliance?

In Ankara, Zelensky pressed NATO allies for "effective anti-ballistic systems and missiles," and emphasized that ballistic missiles were "Russia's last major advantage." ...

The Russian dictator’s dreams of greatness threaten Nato and the EU, not just Ukraine. Here are eight ways in which he can be thwarted No dictator lasts for ever. One day Vladimir Putin will be gone.

PUTIN’S notorious Doomsday Radio crackled into life with a chilling barrage of mystery codewords after a suspected Russian ...

VLADIMIR Putin’s ruling elite are growing “increasingly impatient” with the Kremlin leader as his dictatorship edges closer ...

Friedrich Merz is drawing up secret plans to prevent German pro-Kremlin “traitor states” from obstructing Nato’s plans to ...

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