Romania says a Russian drone hit a block of flats in the country, which it calls a "grave escalation". Vladimir Putin has responded - and explained why he said the Ukraine war is coming to an end. Follow the latest on the conflict and the NATO response to events in Romania.

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By Sabine Siebold and Polina Nikolskaya BERLIN/LONDON, May 26 (Reuters) - NATO will strengthen the defence of its eastern flank with a new structure that would facilitate the rapid deployment of forces in Latvia and Estonia in the event of a war with Russia,

Romania says a Russian drone hit a block of flats in the country, which it calls a "grave escalation". Vladimir Putin has responded - and explained why he said the Ukraine war is coming to an end. Follow the latest on the conflict and the NATO response to events in Romania.

Military drones straying into the airspace of Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are stoking concerns that the war in Ukraine is spilling over into NATO's northern borders with

Russia conducts largest nuclear exercises in years, as top official warns danger of ‘catastrophic’ clash with Nato is ‘mounting’

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said NATO allies need to "keep increasing our defence and security capabilities" to counter the threat from Russia.

While Russia has rubbished claims it has plans to invade NATO, the alliance is rushing to prepare for this nightmare scenario.