WorldA NATO mission in Europe is defending against hundreds of Russian drones and aircraft that have entered alliance airspace. NBC News visited deployments of NATO fighter jets and air defense systems protecting the eastern flank. Richard Engel reports from the ground.
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PoliticsEU foreign ministers are due to meet on Monday to strengthen the bloc’s response to hybrid attacks. Foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas warns that Russia is preparing further sabotage operations across Europe.
WorldRussia has warned that it could use nuclear weapons if NATO tries to isolate its Kaliningrad exclave. President Vladimir Putin said that any direct attack on Russian territory would immediately raise the prospect of using “all types of weapons” available to Moscow. Heavily militarized Kaliningrad lies between NATO members Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea.
PoliticsDavid McAllister, chair of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, discusses the security threats facing Europe and the defence gaps the EU urgently needs to close. He says the EU is ‘not at war with the Russian Federation, but we are no longer at peace with Russia’, and remains too dependent on US capabilities to make sovereign decisions in some defence areas.
WorldRussian President Vladimir Putin has warned the West against escalating the war in Ukraine, saying Moscow is prepared to use every weapon in its arsenal, including nuclear arms, if Kaliningrad is attacked. He said Russia does not plan to attack a European country but would respond to Western aggression if necessary.
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PoliticsȚoiu says NATO and the European Union need to strengthen their response to hybrid attacks, warning that Romania is on the front line of Europe’s security challenge.
WorldRussia has warned in a letter that it could use nuclear weapons to defend Kaliningrad if NATO takes steps to isolate the exclave. The Russian territory lies between Poland and Lithuania, where military activity by both NATO members and Russia is increasing alongside sharper rhetoric.
PoliticsA NATO envoy says the US review of troops stationed in Europe will follow the “America first” policy. The review began after tensions rose when some NATO countries refused to give US forces access to military bases for use in the war in Iran.
PoliticsBulgaria’s prime minister rejects the pro-Moscow label attached to him. He is one of the leading EU leaders calling for talks with Moscow over Russia’s war on Ukraine, which has led to the characterization.
WorldNATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told Euronews in an exclusive interview that the alliance faces pressing challenges, including overreliance on the US and the nuclear threat from Russia.
WorldNATO Secretary General Mark Rutte urged Russia to end its nuclear threats while speaking at the Euronews Defence Summit. Although Moscow has threatened to use its nuclear arsenal, Rutte said NATO territory faces no imminent danger. Belgian defence chief Theo Francken called Russia Belgium’s biggest threat.
WorldAt the Euronews defence summit, Rutte calls on Russia to stop making nuclear threats.
PoliticsBelgian Defence Minister Theo Francken told the Euronews Defence Summit in Brussels that Europe faces a “dark winter” of Russian hybrid attacks. He said Europe urgently needs stronger air defences and described Russia as the biggest threat to Belgium’s security.
PoliticsNATO chief Mark Rutte says the United States will remain involved in Europe, while arguing that the alliance’s problem was that it had not been sustainable.
PoliticsNATO chief Mark Rutte said a peace deal requires both sides to take part, but Vladimir Putin is unwilling to do so.
WorldNATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte says there is no imminent threat to NATO territory, adding that every minute spent discussing it is exactly what Vladimir Putin wants.
WorldNATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says the alliance will defend every inch of its territory and that Putin knows this.
WorldNATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte says Putin is not winning the war and urges people to stay calm, carry on and continue supporting Ukraine.
WorldNATO chief Mark Rutte called on Russia to stop making nuclear threats and to end the war in Ukraine.
WorldNATO Secretary General Mark Rutte called on Russia to stop making nuclear threats and end the war in Ukraine.
PoliticsMark Rutte is taking questions at Euronews’ Defense and Space summit in Brussels, Belgium.
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PoliticsBulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev says his concern is not supporting Russia but finally finding a path to peace.
WorldBelgian Defence Minister Theo Francken said at the Euronews Defence and Space summit that hybrid warfare was not something Russia began two years ago, but a practice it has pursued for 50 years.
PoliticsBelgian Defence Minister Theo Francken said at the Euronews Defence Space 2026 summit that Russia represents Belgium’s biggest threat.