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NATO on alert in eastern Europe as Ukraine war passes 400 days

Servicemen fire a heavy machine gun from a warship on the river Danube during a Romanian Navy-led exercise outside Mahmudia, Romania.

Servicemen fire a heavy machine gun from a warship on the Danube during an exercise outside Mahmudia, Romania. Source: AAP / Andreea Alexandru

With the war in Ukraine now 400 days old, NATO forces remain alert in Eastern Europe. Meanwhile, Russia and the United States are embroiled with the arrest of a US journalist in Russia on charges of spying, and suspicions that Moscow is attempting to source weapons in North Korea.


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