Lithuania has recorded hundreds of balloons carrying cigarettes and GPS trackers as officials warn they could be used to carry explosives in the future

Speculation mounted over a possible meeting between Hungarian Prime Minister Orban and Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Orban’s chief of staff, Gergely Gulyas, refused to confirm or deny reports, telling reporters that information would follow standard procedures.

President Vladimir Putin has said he is ready to guarantee in writing that Russia will not attack another European nation, as he dismissed claims that Moscow intends to invade another country as a “lie” and “complete nonsense”.

The trip to Moscow is the second since last year for Orbán, who is widely considered Putin’s closest partner among all EU leaders. Hungary is one of only a few EU countries to continue importing large quantities of Russian fossil fuels, and Orbán has strongly opposed efforts by the bloc to wean its 27 member nations off Russian energy supplies.

VLADIMIR Putin insisted that Russia has no plans to take the rest of Europe, dismissing suggestions that Moscow aims to push beyond Ukraine as “ridiculous.” Despite these claims, Russia’s war

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met Vladimir Putin, promising to continue Russian oil imports despite EU pressure. He cited energy security, low prices, and Hungary’s role as a potential Ukraine peace mediator.

Russia is using swarms of balloons in a hybrid-war campaign that poses serious security threats to NATO's eastern flank, according to Lithuanian officials. The Baltic country shares a border with Belarus, a Russian client state ruled over by Putin's close ally Alexandr Lukashenko.

Not even Donald Trump’s most loyal henchmen are denying that Vladimir Putin is effectively in charge of the president’s proposed peace plan to end the war in Ukraine. NATO Ambassador Matthew Whitaker admitted on Fox News Business on Tuesday morning that there’s “some truth” to claims that the Russian dictator hasn’t made a single concession during the months-long negotiations.

The United States allegedly shared with Russia the parameters of a peace plan that had been coordinated with Ukraine during talks in Geneva, according to a statement made by Russian President Vladimir Putin's press secretary,