The joint letter comes a day after Poland said it shot down a number of Russian drones that violated its airspace during an attack on Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin, we’ve been told since the start of the war in Ukraine, has goals that extend well beyond territory: He seeks to upend the post–Cold War international order, to reconstruct the Soviet sphere of influence,

Pacific, the United States would likely fulfill some of its requirements by drawing on capabilities already in Europe and/or those in the United States that NATO expects would be used to reinforce Europe in the event of a conflict there,

Ukrainian and European officials say President Vladimir V. Putin has become emboldened by a lack of Western pushback.

In early January 2017, the Clinton campaign’s “Steele dossier”—a secretly funded collection of made-up stories and gossip alleging that Russia had dirt on Trump and that Trump was colluding with Russia against the United States—was published.

Magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes near the east coast of Russia's Kamchatka region, United States Geological Survey said. The earthquake was at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), according to GFZ. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said "hazardous" waves were possible along coasts within 300 kilometres (186 miles) of the quake's epicentre.