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... Newsweek reached out to the U.S. Departments of State and Defense, as well as the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry, for comment.
Why It Matters

The Russia-Ukraine war, launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin in February 2022, has fueled nuclear concerns across the globe.

The invasion of Ukraine strained already-frayed relations between Russia and the U.S., as well as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a military alliance of the U.S., Canada and European allies.

President Donald Trump has taken a different approach to Russia and Ukraine than his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, such as more directly engaging with Moscow and has been more willing to criticize Ukrainian officials like President Volodymyr Zelensky. He has, however, recently ramped up criticism of Putin.

What to Know

Donahue said that Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave surrounded by Poland and Lithuania, is surrounded by NATO and that the alliance could "take that down from the ground in a timeframe that is unheard of and faster than we've ever been able to do," Defense News reported. ...