The Kh-31 missiles, with a range of up to 110 kilometres, pose a significant threat to naval and air defence systems.

President Donald Trump threatens major sanctions on Russia, but only if NATO nations first stop buying Russian oil and end their dependence on Moscow’s energy.

Crew members aboard the Admiral Golovko, a frigate with the Northern Fleet, fired a Zircon missile at a sea target in the Barents Sea, Russia's government said on Sunday. The Admiral Golovko has been known to carry Zircon missiles for several years.

A swarm of Russian drones flies into Poland in what officials there regard as a deliberate provocation. NATO responds by bolstering the alliance’s air defenses on its eastern flank. Moscow showcases its conventional and nuclear military might in long-planned exercises with Belarus,

Russia denied responsibility, implying that the drones had simply lost their way; NATO and European officials suggested the violation was intentional. Whatever the case, the clash marked the first time that NATO engaged enemies in allied territory.

NATO has scrambled its first jet to defend its airspace under Eastern Sentry, the mission to secure airspace on its eastern flank that was launched in response to Russia's violations of Polish airspace.

Russia has threatened a full-scale war with NATO after a demand for the West to shoot down Russian drones over Ukraine. Warsaw called for a no-fly zone over parts of Ukraine after the incursion of at least 20 UAVs from Vladimir Putin 's forces over Poland and Romania in recent days, sparking widepsread condemnation.