Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed willingness to drop Ukraine's NATO bid in exchange for Western security guarantees.

Former Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström said after the Ukraine war, Europe must be ready for further Russian aggression.

GOP Rep. Thomas Massie fielded a bill to remove the U.S. from NATO, putting forward a companion measure after Sen. Mike Lee introduced a bill earlier this year.

MOSCOW - Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov on Sunday criticized NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte's recent remarks urging alliance members to prepare for a large-scale conflict with Russia as "irresponsible".

A Republican congressman has introduced legislation calling for the U.S. to withdraw from NATO. The bill, introduced by Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky and co-sponsored by Representative Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, seeks to "remove the United States" from the alliance it has spearheaded since its inception in 1949.

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko is positioning himself as a regional “problem solver” by promising to halt balloon incursions into Lithuania, freeing prisoners and securing a partial sanctions reprieve from the United States,

Ukraine is not currently part of Nato, but Zelensky has consistently called for his country to be welcomed into the alliance.

NATO fighter jets were scrambled and air defense systems put on alert in Poland in response to Russia’s latest overnight drone and missile strikes in Ukraine.

U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, a Republican serving a House district in Kentucky, introduced legislation for the United States to pull out of NATO.

Zelenskiy offered to drop Ukraine’s NATO goal for binding security guarantees as he met US envoys in Berlin; talks resume Monday.