Russia shows off conventional and nuclear military might in drills — and raises tensions with NATO
- Rutte referenced Moscow’s hypersonic missiles, noting that they shatter the notion that Spain or Britain are any safer than Russia’s neighbors of Estonia or Lithuania
- The Zapad 2025 exercise comes as Russia’s 3½-year-old war in Ukraine has dragged on despite President Donald Trump’s push for a peace deal and his Aug. 15 meeting with Putin in Alaska