Sergey Mironov, leader of the party A Just Russia, which backs Putin, invoked Moscow’s 2008 war with Georgia when “the aggressor's troops were defeated,” insinuating a possible expansion of Moscow’s aggression.

Turkey temporarily deployed a warning and control aircraft to Lithuania as part of NATO security measures, the defence ministry said on Thursday, following repeated airspace violations by Russian drones.

President Donald Trump criticizes NATO countries for continuing Russian energy purchases, saying China and India are primary funders of the ongoing war.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he believes NATO countries should shoot down Russian aircraft when they violate NATO airspace.

NEW YORK CITY — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that NATO allies should shoot down Russian aircraft encroaching on their airspace, and walked back earlier support for Russia to keep the Ukrainian territory it has won.

By Andrew Gray, Lili Bayer and Kanishka SinghBRUSSELS/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NATO warned Russia on Tuesday that it would use "all necessary military and non-military tools" to defend itself as it condemned Moscow for violating Estonian airspace in a "pattern of increasingly irresponsible behaviour".

U.S. allies called an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council after a series of incidents raised alarm about growing Russian threats to Europe.

UNITED NATIONS -- UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he believed Ukraine could win back all territory lost to Russia, a dramatic shift from the U.S. leader’s repeated calls for Kyiv to make concessions to end the war.

German defence contractor Rheinmetall said on Thursday it plans to sign a preliminary agreement in Hamburg later in the day to build a new ammunition factory in an as-yet unspecified NATO member state.