The Republican chairmen of the House and Senate Armed Services Committee bashed the Pentagon’s Wednesday decision to remove hundreds of US troops from Romania — which shares a border with Ukraine — arguing the move clashes with the White House’s pressure campaign on Russia.

The report was posted by NSDC’s Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) via Telegram. According to the CCD, Kremlin-controlled media, citing Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, claim that French troops are deploying to Poland and that NATO’s military presence in Romania and the Baltic states is increasing—steps they say bring the alliance

Europe is belatedly beginning to take defense seriously. It's tragic that it took Trump's return to office to secure this development.

Authorities have detained a Ukrainian citizen in Poland and two others in Romania for allegedly working with Russian intelligence on a sabotage campaign.

Explosions took place at the Petrotel-Lukoil refinery in Ploiești, southern Romania, as well as at Hungary’s largest oil refinery in Szazhalombatta.

EADaily, . The Romanian Information Service (SRI) announced today, October 21, that, together with foreign partners, it detained two Ukrainian citizens who were preparing to set fire to the headquarters of Novaya Pochta (Ukrainian courier service) in Bucharest.

The sanctions come as Western governments escalate efforts to choke off Moscow’s energy revenue and weaken its ability to fund the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

It is the first announcement of the Trump administration’s plans to scale back forces in Europe, where the U.S. has underpinned security since World War II.