Trump urged NATO allies to halt Russian oil buys and impose sanctions and China tariffs, saying the moves would help swiftly end the war in Ukraine.

President Donald Trump said Saturday he believes the Russia-Ukraine war would end if all NATO countries stopped buying oil from Russia and placed

US president said he is ready to impose further sanctions on Russia, but only if all NATO countries stop buying Russian oil, a huge source of income for Putin.

Russia’s militarised exclave of Kaliningrad lies to the north while, in Belarus to the south, an estimated 30,000 Russian and Belarusian soldiers have convened to test tanks, helicopters and “forward defence” strategies. The last such war games in 2021 helped give Russia cover to launch its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told parliament it was "the closest we have been to open conflict since World War Two."

Alarms bells sounded this week in Europe after NATO jets scrambled to intercept an unprecedented Russian drone incursion in Poland. Now there is fresh unease on NATO’s eastern flank, as Russia and Belarus kick off major military drills to test the readiness of their armed forces.

Lithuania is "ready" to shoot down any more drones that enter its airspace, the country's defense minister told ABC News.

Kyiv fears that Europe will react to Russia’s drone incursion into Poland by keeping its air defenses to itself instead of helping embattled Ukraine.