NATO’s defenders on Capitol Hill aren’t planning to let the Trump administration diminish U.S. support for the transatlantic alliance without a fight — even as the Pentagon moves to draw down U.S. troops from Europe’s eastern flank.

A spokesperson for Poland's special services minister accused Russian intelligence Tuesday of orchestrating a railway blast that destroyed a key track on a route used to deliver aid to Ukraine. Jacek Dobrzyński told reporters that "everything indicates" Russian intelligence was behind the sabotage of Polish railways.

A draft 28-point peace proposal backed by Donald Trump would see Ukraine surrender large portions of its territory, dramatically reduce its military, and abandon NATO membership hopes – while Russia rejoins the G8 and receives sanctions relief.

The U.S. NATO envoy supports a German general taking command of all allied forces, a job that has been held by an American officer.

Footage shows a decommissioned ship sinking after a Nato submarine fired a torpedo during a naval exercise off Andøy, Norway. The video, published on Saturday (15 November), shows debris and container fragments being hurled from the deck as the vessel jolts from the blast.

Business Insider observed US, Polish, and Romanian forces learning to use the Merops system, which has been combat-proven in Ukraine.

The Polish government said it believes that Russian secret services are behind the bombing of a major railway line in the NATO country, in what Prime Minister Donald Tusk described as an “unprecedented act of sabotage".

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces dramatically escalated their shadow war against NATO on Wednesday, with the U.K. warning “military options” were on the table after a spy ship blinded air force pilots with lasers.