The director of Russia's domestic FSB intelligence service has accused the U.K., a member of NATO, of direct involvement in attacks on Russia.

"Let's trust our military," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said. "Let's not take the Russians too seriously."

BRUSSELS -- BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO’s two newest members, Finland and Sweden, said Wednesday that they would buy more weapons from the United States to give to Ukraine, a day after data showed that foreign military aid to the war-torn country had declined sharply in recent months.

Newsweek has contacted the Russian Foreign Ministry for comment.

NATO's chief said on Monday that there is a "lone and broken Russian submarine limping home from patrol" in the Mediterranean Sea.

NATO defense ministers will gather to try and drum up military support for Ukraine. Deliveries of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine have sharply dropped in recent months.

Following Russia's violations of NATO airspace and renewed strikes in Ukraine, NATO members weigh air defense options ahead of the defense ministers meeting.

President Trump said Spain should be "reprimanded" for not meeting the new, higher, recommended NATO military spending, during a meeting with Zelensky at the White House on Friday. "Spain has not come through.

Nato is discussing new rules that could make it easier to shoot down Russian fighter jets. The talks are focused on drawing up a single set of guidelines for engaging enemy aircraft. Defence chiefs want Russian jets carrying ground-attack missiles over allied airspace to be possible targets.