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?

BRUSSELS -- BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO will hold a long-planned major nuclear exercise next week, the alliance’s chief said Thursday, a few weeks after President Vladimir Putin announced changes to Russia’s nuclear doctrine to discourage Ukraine’s Western allies from supporting attacks on his country.

A satellite image shows a part of Lipetsk military airbase, after Ukraine said it hit the area, in this satellite image taken on August 9, 2024, in Lipetsk region, Russia. 2024 Planet Labs Inc/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces attacked infrastructure at a military airfield in Russia's Lipetsk region and an explosives-manufacturing enterprise in the Nizhny Novgorod region,

Russia's capacity and inclination to threaten NATO after the Ukraine war largely hinges on the terms of any ceasefire or peace treaty. To assess Russia's post-war threat to NATO, it's important to consider that while the Ukrainian army has gained significant combat experience,

Ukraine said on Oct. 20 that it attacked Russia's "largest explosives plant" and an airfield overnight, the latest in a series of long-range drone attacks in the rear to slowly grind down the bigger foe's powerful war machine from afar.