Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden said Russia had stepped up its cyber attacks on Ukraine and its allies over the past year

Britain and its allies will not be intimidated by Russian cyberthreats into stopping supporting Ukraine, British cabinet office minister Pat McFadden said on Monday, urging NATO to work closer together to stay ahead in "the new AI arms race".

Calin Georgescu, a prominent critic of NATO and Romania's support for Ukraine, has taken the lead in the presidential election.

Calin Georgescu, a far-right critic of Romania's pro-NATO and pro-Ukraine policy, is projected to enter the presidential run-off vote after a shock result in the first round on Nov. 24.

Russia's land forces are bigger now than at the time of Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 but their quality has decreased since, a NATO top military official said on Monday. "The quality of those forces has gone down,

Russian ground forces are now larger than they were during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. However, since then, their quality has declined, according to Admiral Rob Bauer, chairman of NATO's Military Committee.