While Washington waivers: Can Europeans deter Russia and its drones?
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It seems that summoning ambassadors for a scolding somehow won't be enough. After last week's unprecedented wave of Russian drones that landed in Poland, it's now Romania's turn to scramble fighter jets and call in the Kremlin's envoy.
As Russia fills Ukraine's skies with ever-increasing unmanned devices, we asked why and whether Vladimir Putin is indeed testing frontline NATO states, who until now thought that the US had their backs.
The US president can't bring himself to categorically condemn Russian aggression, even after a phone call with a new Polish counterpart who's a conservative fellow traveller.
Speaking of fellow travellers, there’s the support of Vice President JD Vance for a German far right that again made historic inroads in Sunday's regional elections and the likeminded Elon Musk who spoke by video link to London’s largest far-right rally in decades.
Caught between Russia's offensive and the illiberal winds blowing from across the Atlantic, what can cash-strapped Europeans do on their own to defend their own continent?
Produced by Aurore Laborie, Henri Pierre Mafulu and Charles Wente.
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