NATO's deputy commander in Europe is warning that Russian President Vladimir Putin is becoming increasingly reckless as the war in Ukraine drags on and as he seeks to divide Western allies.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has welcomed leaders from seven regional countries for talks on deepening cooperation.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warns that Russia is planning hybrid strikes with drones and rockets on European countries supporting Ukraine.

Romanian residents near the Ukraine border are living in fear due to Russian drone strikes.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine is ready to stop strikes on Russian territory if allies secure a Russian commitment not to hit Ukraine’s infrastructure.

Russian strikes have killed eight civilians and wounded dozens in Ukraine, according to local officials.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has warned of potential intensified Russian provocations at Ukraine's border crossings with Europe.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has doubled down on pushing through unpopular reforms to Europe’s largest economy after a far-right party surged to a landslide victory in a regional election, with a very good chance of forming the first far-right state government since the Nazi era.

The German government has blamed Russia for an attempted attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport last month using a drone laden with explosives.

A Ukrainian migrant in Poland has faced online hate despite her efforts to help others.

Poland's prime minister says authorities have arrested a Russian citizen allegedly recruited by Russian secret services.

Lithuania's president says intelligence suggests Russia is planning attacks on critical infrastructure in the Baltic states or Poland.

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy has returned a state honor to Poland after the Polish president revoked it.

A suspect in the fatal shooting of a Russian activist critical of President Vladimir Putin has been arrested in Poland.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says the killing of a Russian artist critical of President Vladimir Putin looks like a political assassination.

Poland and Lithuania confirm they are in talks about their role in NATO's nuclear deterrence efforts, which are centered on U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe.

President Donald Trump has stirred confusion by saying the U.S. will send an additional 5,000 American troops to Poland.

Hungary's new prime minister, Péter Magyar, is visiting Poland, a traditional ally that can offer plenty of lessons on political transformation and restoring democratic norms.

The Pentagon is drawing down thousands of troops in Europe by stopping units from deploying to Poland and Germany as opposed to yanking those already stationed there.

A former Polish justice minister sought in his homeland for alleged abuse of power says he has traveled from Hungary to the U.S. Prosecutors in Poland said on Monday that they’re investigating whether he was assisted in evading liability.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk claims a cryptocurrency firm with “Russian money” has sponsored politicians from Poland's former government.

Hungarian election winner Péter Magyar says he would talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin but won't initiate contact.

Poland has said it faced a sharp surge in cyberattacks in 2025.

Hungary’s top opposition leader says the government may have fed Russia inside details from EU meetings, and called it “treason” which should be investigated.

French President Emmanuel Macron says France will allow the temporary deployment of its nuclear-armed aircraft to allied countries as part of its new nuclear strategy.

The Jeffrey Epstein files have rocked Europe's elite, revealing ties to a prince, an ambassador, and top politicians.

In a story published Feb. 5, 2026, about the Russia-Ukraine-War, The Associated Press erroneously said Mykhailo Fedorov was Ukraine's economic minister.

European Union leaders have welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to drop his tariff threats over Greenland, but they are wary about his Board of Peace project.

President Donald Trump's threats to annex Greenland and impose tariffs continue to raise concerns in Europe.

A Kremlin official says that Moscow agrees with U.S. President Donald Trump that Ukraine is holding up a peace deal.

Leaders from Europe and Canada have held talks on U.S.-led peace efforts to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.

The Ukrainian and Polish presidents have met in Warsaw to emphasize unity against Russia and progress on historical reconciliation.

European Union leaders have stalled in talks about providing a massive loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets.

Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski has summoned the Israeli ambassador over a post by Yad Vashem.

Polish state media says authorities have arrested several people after a blast damaged a rail line linking Warsaw to the Ukrainian border.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says two Ukrainian citizens working for Russia are suspected of blowing up a railway line in Poland.

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk says an explosion on a railway line linking Warsaw to southeastern Poland was an "act of unprecedented sabotage."

A Polish court has blocked the extradition of a Ukrainian man to Germany and ordered his immediate release.

French President Emmanuel Macron says Europe must take a tougher approach on Russia by shooting down drones the violate European airspace and boarding Moscow's shadow fleet ships.

Intrusions into NATO’s airspace blamed on Russia have reached an unprecedented scale, raising questions about whether the Kremlin is trying to test the alliance’s willingness to respond to a direct attack or divert its attention and resources from the war in Ukraine.

A swarm of Russian drones flew last week into Poland in what officials there regarded as a deliberate provocation.

Authorities say Polish and allied aircraft were deployed in a “preventive” operation in Poland’s airspace because of a threat of drone strikes in neighboring areas of Ukraine.

In the years since Russia invaded Ukraine, NATO has focused on defending its own territory first and resisted lower-level harassment from Russia, like acts of sabotage and intimidation.

NATO says it's bulking up its defensive posture on its eastern flank bordering Belarus, Russia and Ukraine with new equipment.

European leaders have expressed alarm over growing Russian hostility threatening their countries as Moscow’s forces pursue their invasion of Ukraine, concerns exacerbated after multiple Russian drones struck Polish soil.

President Donald Trump has offered an ambiguous initial response to Russia’s drone incursion into Poland’s airspace.

Multiple Russian drones crossed into Poland in what European officials described as a deliberate provocation, causing NATO to send fighter jets to shoot them down.

Conservative Karol Nawrocki has been inaugurated as Poland’s new president, which could set the country on a more nationalist course.

Polish prosecutors have launched a preliminary investigation after a far-right lawmaker described the gas chambers at the Auschwitz death camp as a “fake.”.

European leaders are urging private business and equity funds to not be afraid to invest in rebuilding Ukraine now even as Russia accelerates its war.

Poland has reinstated border controls with Germany and Lithuania to address concerns over illegal migration.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government has survived a vote of confidence in the Polish parliament.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says parliament will hold a confidence vote on his government on June 11.

Poland has elected Karol Nawrocki, a nationalist conservative, as its next president — a win that signals a turn to the right in one of the European Union's member states.

Conservative Karol Nawrocki’s victory in Poland’s presidential runoff has set the country on a more nationalist course.

Exit polls in Poland’s presidential runoff show the two candidates in a statistical tie with the election too close to call.

Poland is set to hold a presidential runoff election on Sunday between two candidates offering starkly different visions for the country’s future.

Poland’s presidential election has come down to a stark ideological choice: a liberal pro-European mayor versus a staunch nationalist conservative.

Poles have traveled from across the country to join dueling patriotic marches in Warsaw.

There’s a long way to go yet in Poland’s presidential election, but Sunday’s first round was a good day for candidates on the right and far right.

An exit poll shows that the liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and a conservative historian, Karol Nawrocki, are the front-runners in a presidential election in Poland.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer says European leaders have agreed to press ahead with joint action against Russia over the failure to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine.

Voters in Poland will cast ballots Sunday in a presidential election to choose a successor to conservative incumbent Andrzej Duda.

Last weekend saw a flurry of diplomatic activity surrounding the war in Ukraine.

The talks took place in the warring capitals of Moscow and Kyiv, from Washington and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to countries across Europe.

Ukraine's air force says Russia launched more than 100 Shahed and decoy drones at Ukraine in nighttime attacks.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has challenged Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to meet him personally in Turkey on Thursday.

Europe is marking one of its most joyous days in history.

Friedrich Merz has plunged straight into international crises on his first full day as Germany’s new chancellor.

Tributes to Pope Francis are pouring in from around the world.

Bickering and chaos were on display in a presidential debate in Poland as eight candidates met to discuss existential matters for this country on NATO’s eastern flank — including fears of Russia over its war in Ukraine and concerns about President Donald Trump’s commitment to Europe’s security.

Poland’s prime minister has made a tongue-in-cheek offer to U_S_ actor and director Jesse Eisenberg, who recently gained Polish citizenship, to give him military training that would land him “the new James Bond role.”.

The Trump administration’s warning last month that Europe must now take care of security in its own backyard raises troubling questions.

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda has again called on the United States to deploy nuclear weapons to Poland as a deterrent to Russia.

Polish abortion rights activists have opened a center across from the parliament building in Warsaw where women can have abortions with pills, either alone or with other women.

Officials say Russia has launched heavy aerial attacks on Ukraine for a second night.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says his government is working on a plan to prepare large-scale military training for every adult male in response to the changing security situation in Europe.

Poland and Baltic nations have welcomed a proposal by French President Emmanuel Macron to launch talks about using France’s nuclear deterrent to protect the continent from Russian threats.

European Union leaders plan to hold emergency talks to agree ways to quickly increase their military budgets after the Trump administration signaled Europe must take care of its own security and also suspended assistance to Ukraine.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited the White House to try to convince U.S. President Donald Trump that a lasting peace in Ukraine will endure only if Kyiv and European leaders are at the table as negotiations move forward with Moscow.

The European Union is getting good at adapting to unprecedented circumstances.

Political and military leaders in Europe are fleshing out details of a plan for European forces to help ensure Moscow does not attack Ukraine again once the guns fall silent.

Google and Poland have signed a memorandum for developing the use of artificial intelligence in the country’s energy, cybersecurity and other sectors.

Russian officials and state media have taken a triumphant tone after President Donald Trump jettisoned three years of U.S. policy and announced he would likely meet soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate a peace deal in the almost three-year-long war in Ukraine.

President Donald Trump has unleashed chaos by distraction around the world with a blitz of executive orders and ideas.

European Union leaders are grappling with how to respond to the United States as it appears determined to start a trade war or even seize part of their territory.

Poland’s presidency of the European Union is firmly focused on security.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has visited the site of the Nazi German extermination camp Auschwitz ahead of talks with Poland's leaders on security and tightening Britain's ties with the European Union.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has accused Russia of planning acts of sabotage worldwide including “acts of air terror” against airlines.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has vowed to use his country’s presidency of the European Union to push forward with Ukraine’s membership quest.

The Polish government has adopted a resolution vowing to ensure the free and safe participation of Israeli leaders who choose to attend commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau later this month.

Hungary has given political asylum to a Polish opposition politician who is wanted on suspicions of corruption.

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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says negotiations over the war in neighboring Ukraine could start “in the winter” as his country prepares to take over the rotating presidency of the European Union on Jan. 1.

NATO and Ukraine will hold emergency talks Tuesday after Russia attacked a central city with a hypersonic ballistic missile that escalated the nearly 33-month-old war.

Conservative lawmakers in the Polish parliament exulted at Donald Trump’s victory.

Human and civil rights groups are expressing concern after Poland's leader said he would suspend the right to asylum because of its alleged abuse by eastern neighbors Belarus and Russia.

Poland’s leader says he plans to temporarily suspend the right to asylum as part of a new migration policy.

The prime ministers of Czech Republic and Poland say the European Union has to do more to tackle unauthorized migration.

Soldiers have dropped sandbags from military helicopters to reinforce river embankments and evacuated residents as the worst flooding in years spreads across Central Europe.