British police have arrested three people on suspicion of assisting Russian intelligence services, highlighting the threat posed to NATO allies as they accuse Russia of pursuing hybrid warfare against Western powers. Newsweek has contacted the Russian embassy in the U.K. for comment.

Speaking with Fox Business Friday, America’s NATO Ambassador Matthew Whitaker claimed that Russia’s threat was “a little overstated,” and that the superpower was actually weaker than American and European media had portrayed.

As US’s NATO allies in Europe are feeling the pressure from Moscow, putting them on edge in an already-febrile atmosphere with Russian drones entering Poland’s airspace, Russia and its main ally Belarus are conducting massive military drills right on the alliance’s doorstep.

Ukraine war, President Trump has demanded NATO members that still buy Russian oil and gas end their reliance and find new supplies.

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

In the week since NATO fighter jets scrambled to shoot down multiple dozens of Russian drones that had crossed into alliance airspace in Poland, US and Western intelligence officials have been unable to determine whether the incursion was accidental or an intentional effort by Russia to probe western air defenses and gauge NATO’s response.

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,