Although Ukraine dominates Russian attention today, Russian leaders are already considering their future. Whether Russia will pose a threat to NATO in the future depends on several drivers: -Does Russia retain territory captured from Ukraine?

If North Korea were to send troops to Ukraine to fight on Russia's behalf it would significantly escalate the conflict, NATO Chief Mark Rutte said on social media platform X on Monday.

The US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, arrives in Kyiv in an unannounced visit hours after a Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian capital. On the 972nd day of the war in Ukraine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Korea has summoned the Russian ambassador in Seoul to protest the alleged deployment of North Korean troops to Russia for their deployment in Ukraine,

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has spoken with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol regarding reports of the possible dispatch of North Korean troops to participate in the Russia-Ukraine war. Source: Rutter on X (Twitter) Rutte discussed with President Yoon the information regarding the possible deployment of North Korean troops to fight in the war against Ukraine.