Europe and Russia are “no longer at peace” German chancellor Friedrich Merz has warned. Mr Merz accused Moscow of executing a “war against our democracy and a war against our freedom”, at a media event in Dusseldorf on Monday.

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

Vladimir Putin will not see any reason to be deterred from a war with the West were the US not involved, an expert has warned, with war against Russia branded 'inevitable'

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned, 'Any aggression against my country will be met with a decisive response.'

One of Vladimir Putin's most trusted advisors has told the dictator he will be committing a “terrible sin” if he fails to consider using nuclear weapons in Europe. Sinister Sergei Karaganov - dubbed Professor Doomsday - is the honorary chairman of the Russian Council for Foreign and Defence Policy.

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Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Solovyov has followed Vladimir Putin's threat to Western troops, saying 'we will kill all of you' and suggesting Russia will respond to sanctions with nuclear weapons

Europeans have little idea of the true scale of Russia’s 'hybrid attack' campaign against them – this must change if we are to respond adequately

Maksym Butkevych, a Ukrainian journalist and human rights activist who was released last year after being captured by Russian forces, was handed the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize by the Council of Europe on Monday.

Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russia’s intelligence services have led a campaign of sabotage and subversion across the continent.

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 has been urged to commit a ‘terrible sin’ by deploying nuclear weapons across Europe. The shocking idea was posed by Sergei Karaganov, who is also known as Professor Doomsday. The 73-year-old is the honorary chairman of the Russian Council for Foreign and Defence Policy.