Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin has said that talk of an allegedly inevitable clash between Europe and Russia is "lies and delusion", accused NATO states of building up their arsenals and boasted about Russia's nuclear forces.

Hundreds of thousands of Vladimir Putin's troops are being amassed on NATO borders as 2026 shapes up to be a 'critical' year for European peace, ex-German army official Roderich Kiesewetter said

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that European claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to restore the Soviet Union were wrong and that claims Putin plans to invade a NATO member were complete stupidity.

Nato countries' pledge to spend 5% of their economic output on defence is Donald Trump's "biggest foreign policy success," the alliance's chief has said.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko shared an update Tuesday on his plans to deploy nuclear weapons in coordination with Russia throughout his country. The close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin said that "the question of returning nuclear weapons to us was raised."

Russian President Vladimir Putin "has only played the peacemaker when it suits him," says NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte who, speaking in Berlin, says the alliance needs to "put Putin to the test" and "see if he really wants peace."

U.S. President Donald Trump’s August summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, is looming large as the White House presses its peace efforts.

Russian president vows to liberate ‘historic lands’ in hardline speech, showing no signs of compromise on invasion goals