NATO's enhanced ground capabilities in the Baltic region spark Russian warnings as military focus intensifies on Kaliningrad and the strategic Suwalki Corridor

F or the second time in a week, NATO member Poland has scrambled its aircraft in response to a widespread Russian attack on Ukraine. The Polish Ministry of Defense announced the operation overnight on Friday, which coincided with drones and missile strikes Russia launched against Ukraine's cities.

Russia now controls more than two-thirds of Ukraine’s Donetsk region — the main theater of the ground war. Russian forces have carved out a 10-mile-deep pocket around the Ukrainian troops defending the crucial city of Kostiantynivka, partly surrounding them from the east, south and west.

Former Russian President Medvedev calls for preemptive strikes while Trump gives Putin a 50-day ultimatum to reach peace with Ukraine or face sanctions.

NATO was forced to scramble war plans after Vladimir Putin launched a savage new attack on Ukraine. Russia pummelled crucial military targets and civilian areas in a five-hour missile and drone barrage. However Moscow also came under attack for the third night in a row, as Volodymyr Zelenskyy defied Trump’s order not to target the Russian capital.

The Russia-Ukraine war, launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin in February 2022, has fueled nuclear concerns across the globe. The invasion of Ukraine strained already-frayed relations between Russia and the U.S., as well as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ), a military alliance of the U.S., Canada and European allies.

You might want to call Vladimir and say, ‘Hey, friend, we are still buying stuff from you, but you have got to get serious when it comes to these negotiations on the cease-fire or a peace

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has repeatedly said that Moscow’s annual ammunition production capacity is four times greater than that of the western alliance. View on euronews

Flight data showed how American and British reconnaissance aircraft flew from England toward Russia on Monday.