Without firing a shot, Putin has over the past week managed to bring the war in Ukraine to NATO’s European borders.

The Russian state itself will be held accountable. Torture remains part of, in my view, Russian war tactics and war policy.”

The announcement comes following remarks by the US Vice President J D Vance on Friday, in which he said Donald Trump was considering a request to supply Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles.

Russia might be able to turn its defense industry into a viable source of revenue by selling weapons to allies like China, but the glut of tanks and missiles Russian factories are churning out also risk becoming a liability for an economy already grappling with sanctions and flagging growth.

Medvedev also said “vulnerable and divided” Europe is unprepared for a war with Russia, calling its citizens “inert and pampered,” adding that they “don’t want to fight for any common ideals, or even for their own land.”

Estonia, Lithuania and Romania warn that Russian drone and air violations require sustained U.S. military presence on NATO's eastern flank for effective deterrence.

Russian forces torture Ukrainian prisoners and civilians using a method that involves electrocuting them on the genitals and feet with a military telephone, a new report claims.

U.S. allies called an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council after a series of incidents raised alarm about growing Russian threats to Europe.

Vladimir Putin's ally, Dmitry Medvedev, issued a harsh rebuke of Donald Trump on Wednesday, saying on Telegram that the U.S. president has "slipped into an alternate reality" after Trump stated on Tuesday that Ukraine can reclaim all territory lost to Russia, marking a sharp shift from his earlier calls for Kyiv to make concessions.