The military alliance has been increasing its forces along its eastern flank with Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, deploying thousands of troops and equipment

NATO Chief Mark Rutte said on Jan. 23 that Russian President Vladimir Putin has no authority to influence NATO's future membership decisions. “We must clearly understand that Vladimir Putin has no veto power and no say over who will join NATO in the future.

Russian President Putin has made it clear that he is willing to negotiate with the US about the war in Ukraine, but will only accept a full capitulation by Ukraine, including territorial

The chilling warning came as a group of Russian pro-Putin commentators debated how to respond to Donald Trump's "end the war" ultimatum which was issued earlier this week

Russia is "not constrained by the thought of large numbers of innocent victims," Russia expert Keir Giles told Newsweek.

Poland's foreign minister said Putin used to criticize the Soviet approach that helped bankrupt it, but now he's repeating the mistake.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has warned that a Russian victory over Ukraine would undermine the dissuasive force of the world’s biggest military alliance and could cost trillions of dollars to restore the organization's credibility.

Vladimir Putin is capable of launching "mass casualty" attacks against NATO members, a Russian military expert has warned.

Any attempt to get Ukraine into Nato will run into a “buzz saw” in Washington unless Europe pays for it, a top diplomat for Donald Trump has said.

Belarus' authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko is all but certain to extend his more than three decades in power in Sunday's election that is rejected by the opposition as a farce after years of sweeping repressions.