US disengagement, increased defence spending, support for Ukraine, the war in Tehran. NATO’s most senior Italian official explains the strategy for reinventing Western defence. “Italy? Doing well, but further efforts are needed.” Interview

Burns’ visit in 2021, Ratcliffe’s today. One thing is certain: Putin wants Ukraine at any cost, and to get it, he may not stop at its borders

From the Tallinn fire to cyber-attacks against Western infrastructure, there is a growing reliance on intermediaries, criminal groups and operations that are difficult to attribute. Striking without exposing oneself is becoming part of the strategy to destabilise the West’s enemies. This is also the case in our country 

Aljaksandr Lukashenka is courting Kyiv, but his alliances tell a different story. The Afghan delegation and the Burmese ‘president’ in Minsk, and the Belarusian Foreign Minister’s summer holidays in Pyongyang

In Kryvyi Rih, Moscow attacks a shopping centre, causing more than 150 casualties, including both dead and injured. Russia is working to amass a large stockpile of weapons, and Ukraine has only one solution at present: if the missiles cannot be intercepted, Kyiv is targeting the launchers from which the attacks originate. Figures

The missiles fired at Kyiv and the suspected drone shot down by Romania in the Black Sea. The Russian threat is in full swing

A document maps out the arms network between Russia and Iran in waters where the West has no presence