Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has once again blamed the West for the war in Ukraine. On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, Lavrov accused NATO and the European Union of having declared a "real war" on Moscow through Ukraine.

NATO allies are divided over whether the alliance should make it a policy to shoot down Russian jets that violate NATO’s airspace, with some countries including the US, Poland, and Baltic nations signaling that future violations should be met with force,

Estonia is extending a fence along its border with Russia and building anti-tank ditches and bunkers in preparation for a potential conflict with Moscow.

U.S. allies called an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council after a series of incidents raised alarm about growing Russian threats to Europe.

The United Nations regards violations of NATO airspace attributed to Russia as a threat to security in Europe, a senior official said at a special meeting in New York on Monday. "This series of recent incidents further underscored the already high tensions that endanger European security as the war continues to rage in Ukraine,

More unidentified drones were spotted over Denmark late Thursday near military airbases as a Russian landing ship, with its location responder turned off, was found loitering in waters off the Scandinavian country.

After high-profile violations of NATO airspace by Russia over Poland and Estonia, alliance members have appeared at odds over how forcefully to react.