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."

NATO scrambles to counter Russian drones and airspace violations. Poland vows shootdowns, but allies fear escalation as Europe shoulders defence burden.

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned Monday that Europe cannot afford a war with Russia, but said any such conflict could escalate to the use

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a law denouncing the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture, according to a government website.

That campaign now seems to be migrating into the skies above Europe. For decades Russia has occasionally strayed into the national airspace of NATO allies, which follows national borders and extends 12 nautical miles from a country’s shoreline.

Russia is using oil tankers as massive maritime platforms from where troops can launch drone attacks against European countries, Kyiv has warned. It comes as Ukraine reacted to Russia ’s latest attacks on Kyiv as relaunching “the child death counter” after a 12 year-old girl was killed.

Russia rivals Qatar as one of the largest exporters of liquefied natural gas to the European Union after the United States. L.N.G. is chilled, liquid fuel shipped by tanker. The European Union is now proposing to phase out these shipments by 2027.

Russia gets the microphone at the U.N. world leaders' meeting Saturday, three years into an invasion of Ukraine that the international community has broadly deplored and a that powerful member newly says Ukraine can repel.

Tensions rise as President Trump steps in to help protect European skies from Russian drones, with Lockheed Martin’s advanced THAAD missile defense system taking center stage. Germany’s Sky Shield project and Europe’s multi-layered air defense initiatives are intensifying competition among global defense giants.

European diplomats have privately warned the Kremlin that NATO is prepared to respond to further violations of its airspace by Russian aircraft, including by shooting them down. Source: Bloomberg, as reported by European Pravda Details: According to Bloomberg,