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As the U.S. turns its back, Europe is scrambling to step up.

As Russian threat grows, London and Oslo look to “boost our security in the High North.”

The U.S. president called out Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a diatribe against Kyiv.

Keep calm and carry on? Nah — everybody panic, Edgars Rinkēvičs advises.

Pausing hostilities, which U.S. President Trump has vowed to do, would free up Kremlin resources to threaten countries across the alliance, the report says.

Moscow said any move to grab its oil exporting vessels would be seen as an attack against the country, after POLITICO revealed the new EU plans.

European countries are pushing for new powers to squeeze Moscow’s shadow fleet after a spate of incidents in the Baltic Sea.

Disconnecting from the Soviet-era grid faced an intimidation campaign — but it’s Moscow that could be left in a precarious position.

Finland’s recent seizure of a suspected shadow fleet vessel has galvanized behind-the-scenes talks on grabbing Moscow’s oil tankers.

A long-planned exit from the BRELL power grid has the Baltic countries preparing for Russian retaliation.

“Weather conditions and deficiencies in equipment and seamanship” were behind last month’s disruption, prosecutors say.

The proposal will not include a blanket prohibition of LNG imports, as scores of EU hawks have been urging.

The need to counter Russia is shifting the attitudes of rich northern countries on budget discipline.

Defense chief warns Vladimir Putin: “We see you. We know what you are doing, and we will not shy away from robust action to protect this country.”

Everyone agrees conversations need to move forward, but no one really knows how.

The proposals are to be discussed during next week’s meeting of EU foreign ministers.

In a new book, Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner urges the U.S. and Europe to join together in a “Freedom Trade Alliance” against China, Russia and other autocracies.

“Europe without the Ukrainian army will not cope with the Russian army,” the Ukrainian president warns.

British leader’s trip comes at a key moment, with peace talks on the horizon as Donald Trump returns to power and threatens to shake up the dynamics of war.

Baltic Sea country leaders are meeting in Helsinki after a series of incidents involving energy and data cables.

Ten countries are pushing for tough new restrictions — but Hungary and Slovakia are expected to oppose them.

Moscow has ramped up unconventional attacks against the West since it invaded Ukraine in 2022.

A member of Russia’s so-called shadow fleet is suspected of damaging an undersea cable.

Finnish police say there is reason to believe a ship belonging to Moscow’s sanctions-busting flotilla caused the damage.