"Putin's criminal war is getting closer to our borders," Polish Foreign Minister, Radosław Sikorski, said on Wednesday.

According to a July 17 report by Defense News, Donahue made the comments at the LandEuro conference Wiesbaden, Germany. The conference is run by the Association of the U.S. Army. Donahue said the enclave is roughly 75 kilometers wide on the Lithuanian side and is surrounded by NATO countries.

NATO's threat of secondary sanctions against emerging economies to pressure them into swaying Russia is not only impractical but also doomed to fail." In truth, the root cause of the Russia-Ukraine conflict lies in NATO's continued eastward expansion,

Flight data showed how American and British reconnaissance aircraft flew from England toward Russia on Monday.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned that Brazil, China and India will face secondary sanctions from the US if Russia doesn’t negotiate a peace deal with Ukraine, and said they should lean on President Vladimir Putin to agree to a ceasefire.

Just weeks ago, concerns emerged in India over a proposed US Bill that would impose 500 per cent tariffs on countries trading with Russia. More recently, US President Donald Trump warned of “biting” secondary tariffs—up to 100 per cent—on purchasers of Russian exports unless a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine is reached within 50 days.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, during a meeting with senators in the US Congress in Washington, delivered a stark warning. He stated that countries such as Brazil, China, and India could be “hit very hard by secondary sanctions” if they continue business with Russia.

You might want to call Vladimir and say, ‘Hey, friend, we are still buying stuff from you, but you have got to get serious when it comes to these negotiations on the cease-fire or a peace

Poland and the Baltic states also withdrew from the Ottawa Convention despite pleas from some leaders to maintain decorum in the face of Russian aggression.

NATO members that border Russia are buying US-made HIMARS. One defense minister told BI that the war shows deep strike abilities are needed.

NATO allies have developed a plan to neutralize the Kaliningrad region. Modern weaponry will allow it to be done faster than ever before, said General Christopher Donahue, Commander of the US Army in Europe and Africa and Commander of NATO's Land Forces,