US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a stark warning to Russia as NATO allies gathered in Brussels to discuss the ongoing conflict in Ukraine

President Putin swiped back on Thursday at U.S. President Donald Trump for calling Russia a "paper tiger", suggesting NATO might be one and warning Europe that Moscow would respond swiftly if it thinks it is being provoked.

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

His goals are to scare, exhaust and divide Europeans, causing them to question their support for Ukraine and undermine its efforts to repel Russia’s invasion. Ultimately, he also wants to make the United States look weak and fragment the NATO alliance.

“The violation of Poland’s airspace earlier this week is not an isolated incident and impacts more than just Poland,” the NATO commander, U.S. Air Force General Alexus Grynkewich, said when he announced the new measures, adding, “NATO is not waiting; we are acting.”

Russia is at war with the entire NATO alliance, Vladimir Putin has claimed, accusing all 32 member states of fighting Moscow through arms supplies, intelligence sharing and training for Ukrainian forces. Speaking at the annual Valdai Discussion Club, Putin said: "All the NATO countries are fighting with us."

NIGEL Farage has branded Vladimir Putin a “very bad dude” and said Nato countries should shoot down Russian planes as he attempted to distance himself from a Kremlin bribery scandal which has rocked his party.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has casually blasted President Vladimir Putin’s naval fleet amid reports a Kremlin submarine is currently making its way across the Mediterranean at a glacial pace. “ [A] lone and broken Russian submarine limping home,

Russian President Putin swiped back on Thursday at U.S. President Donald Trump for calling Russia a "paper tiger", suggesting NATO might be one and warning the United States that if it supplied Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine it would trigger a dangerous new escalation.