Putin warned the West he would deploy nuclear weapons if necessary to defend the Russian Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad.

Europe is preparing for “severe” Russian hybrid attacks, said German Chancellor Friedrich Merz as Vladimir Putin threatened that his conflict with the west could reach a “fatal point of no return”. Russia’s escalating rhetoric underscores a tenser phase of the war in Ukraine,

BERLIN, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned on Thursday that Germany faced more hybrid attacks from Russia as he pledged to continue support for Ukraine ahead of what is likely to be its harshest winter since the start of Russia's invasion in 2022.

Documents obtained by the Axel Springer Global Reporters Network trace drone bombs, incendiary parcels and arson attacks to Russian intelligence.

The Russian despot made the comments at the Valdai Discussion Club in Moscow, where he said that he could not rule out the use of weapons of mass destruction from his foreign policy.

A drone landed in Moldova and Poland scrambled jets as alarm about Russian threat in Europe grows.

Russian attacks kill 14, injure 57 across Ukraine, with Odesa Oblast targeted in 'mass strike' * Russia launches third consecutive attack on Kyiv, killing 1, injuring

Matt Whitaker says Ukrainian attacks inside Russia are pushing both sides closer to peace talks as Trump presses Putin and Zelenskyy to negotiate.