President Donald Trump threatens major sanctions on Russia, but only if NATO nations first stop buying Russian oil and end their dependence on Moscow’s energy.

The US president has repeatedly threatened tougher measures against Moscow, but has so far failed to take action.

Ukraine war would end if all NATO countries stopped buying oil from Russia and placed tariffs on China of 50% to 100% for its purchases of Russian petroleum.

Meeting Trump’s demands would mark a major shift among the alliance, and there are major questions as to whether there would be collective interest in taking these steps.

The idea of establishing a no-fly zone over Kyiv’s airspace was originally pitched by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.

Crew members aboard the Admiral Golovko, a frigate with the Northern Fleet, fired a Zircon missile at a sea target in the Barents Sea, Russia's government said on Sunday. The Admiral Golovko has been known to carry Zircon missiles for several years.

A NATO boss has issued a horrifying warning as its told Russia ‘could strike London’. Fears of World War Three have been intensifying recently as the organisation was warned Vladimir Putin might target a major Western European city next.

Russia has threatened a full-scale war with NATO after a demand for the West to shoot down Russian drones over Ukraine. Warsaw called for a no-fly zone over parts of Ukraine after the incursion of at least 20 UAVs from Vladimir Putin 's forces over Poland and Romania in recent days, sparking widepsread condemnation.