The director of Russia's domestic FSB intelligence service has accused NATO's U.K. of direct involvement in attacks on Russia.

Over half of NATO allies are now part of the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List, a program to buy U.S. weapons for the Eastern European nation.

"Let's trust our military," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said. "Let's not take the Russians too seriously."

Newsweek has contacted the Russian Foreign Ministry for comment.

United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has warned Russia of "costs" if the Ukraine war does not end. Hegseth urged NATO allies to boost funding and firepower for Kyiv, while the alliance also rolls out new plans to counter Russia's drone threat.

"What a change from the 1984 Tom Clancy novel The Hunt for Red October. Today, it seems more like the hunt for the nearest mechanic," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said.

The Trump administration expects Europe, not the US, to lead the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato), defence secretary Pete Hegseth said, marking an apparent shift in Washington’s stance toward the 76-year transatlantic alliance.

Right now, though, U.S. leadership appears reticent. Coincidentally or not, the serious airspace violations have happened since Trump’s summit with President Vladimir Putin in Alaska in August, when the U.S. leader dropped his demand for a ceasefire in Ukraine.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday he expected more NATO countries to buy American arms for Ukraine, as the alliance sought to bolster Kyiv and its own ability to

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned on Wednesday that the U.S. will “impose costs” on Russia if there is “no path to peace in the short term” in Moscow’s war with Ukraine.  “If there is no