Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said his nation is "ready to defend every patch of our land."

Jets and air defense systems were involved in the response, Warsaw said.

In response to the Russian politician's comments, Nato secretary general Mark Rutte said Europe must be ready for war and that conflict is “at our door”. “Russia has brought war back to Europe, and we must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents or great-grandparents endured,” Mr Rutte said.

Former Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström told Newsweek that Europe must scale up its anti-drone capabilities.

The punch line, of course, comes with the signature at the bottom: George F. Kennan. None other than “X” himself — the author of the most important diplomatic cable in US history and father of the “containment” strategy of the Cold War — had just lobbed a bombshell over the transom. 1

Finland's SEATOM Technologies Oy - developer of a submersible micro reactor for naval and seabed operations - has been selected to participate in NATO's Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic 2026 Challenge Programme.

Pentagon officials told NATO allies in Europe that they must assume responsibility for the majority of the alliance's nonnuclear defense capabilities from the U.S. by 2027, according to a Reuters report that cited five sources familiar with the discussion.