NATO: No Imminent Russian Attack, Hybrid Acts Rising

NATO launches Arctic Sentry, a mission to boost the alliance's presence in the far north amid tensions with Moscow and President Donald Trump's push to acquire Greenland.

An attempted drone attack targets Leipzig/Halle airport in Germany. Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Tuesday his government will soon name who was responsible.

Ratcliffe flies to Russia for a brief meeting with intelligence counterparts. Two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters he raised the possibility of a Russian operation against a NATO member, though it was not clear whether that was the sole purpose of the trip.

Trump said Putin will not attack NATO territory, telling Axios in a phone interview there would be no such attack and that Ratcliffe had not been sent to Moscow to deliver any particular message, according to Reuters.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Poland and NATO must be prepared for various scenarios, and that a Russian provocation against any NATO member cannot be ruled out.

The NATO official's statement: hybrid acts up, no imminent threat of attack.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in an article published by the Russian foreign ministry, calls NATO's Arctic activity a direct threat to Russian security.