An annual strategy document, which has described threats from China to Russia, directs some of its harshest language at NATO allies.

European governments are fearful that Washington is laying the groundwork for an ultimatum to Kyiv on Moscow's terms.

Officials are accusing Russia of smaller-scale assaults. President Vladimir V. Putin sought to turn the tables, saying that if Europe were to start a war, Russia is ready.

Putin also claimed that Zelensky’s European allies have pushed for demands that are “absolutely unacceptable."

President Putin warned European powers on Tuesday that if they started a war with Russia then Moscow was ready to fight and that the defeat of European powers would be so absolute that there would be no one left to even negotiate a peace deal.

The Kremlin on Sunday welcomed US president Donald Trump’s new national security strategy ‍and said it largely accorded with Russia’s own perceptions. It is the first time Moscow has so fulsomely praised such a document from its former Cold War foe.

MONDAY’S London summit meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and British, French and German leaders Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz shows that European Nato states are trying to block peace in Ukraine,

As Moscow’s drone buzzes and cyberattacks increase, European leaders are taking a more openly aggressive stance

Europeans are feeling “genuine fear and distrust regarding the United States,” former Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves told NBC News.

The European Union agreed Wednesday to phase out Russian natural gas imports by late 2027 as part of an effort to end the bloc’s decade-long dependency on Russian energy.

Greek Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou joins ‘Fox News Live’ to discuss Greece’s role in reshaping Europe’s energy future, cutting dependence on Russian gas and deepening energy ties with the U.S.