The pro-European Sandu won the presidential election last year in a ballot beset by accusations that Moscow had bought votes, funneled cash through proxies to voters and used social media to sow fears about EU membership.

French President Emmanuel Macron called the European Union’s remaining energy imports from Russia “very marginal,” challenging Donald Trump’s calls for the bloc to reduce its dependence if it wants the US to step up pressure on Moscow to end the war in Ukraine.

The U.S. has a replacement solution to Russia’s LNG in Europe—America’s own LNG export industry. The United States, the world’s largest exporter of the super-chilled fuel ahead of Qatar and Australia, is strongly promoting LNG project development and exports under the Trump Administration.

In a social media post, Ukraine’s president pushed leaders gathering in New York to strengthen their efforts to get Moscow to end the war.

The Russian breach of E.U. airspace is the third in just a matter of days after drone incursions into Poland and Romania.

Can NATO protect its skies from the Kremlin? The alliance’s aerial shield is made up of several parts. The first task is to spot threats. NATO jointly owns and operates a fleet of 14 airborne early warning and control ( AEWC) aircraft which are usually based in Geilenkirchen,

The United States on Monday confirmed that it will defend NATO territory against intrusions in the face of repeated Russian violations of the airspace of European NATO members. "The United States stands by our NATO allies in the face of these airspace violations,

The European Commission has proposed a 19th package of sanctions against Russia to member states, according to its president Ursula von der Leyen Friday, as she said Europe is increasing its pressure on Moscow in light of its displays of “contempt for diplomacy and international law” over the past month.

The EU proposed bringing forward a ban on Russian gas imports as part of new sanctions aimed at sapping Moscow's war chest.