‘I know him very well’: Trump says Putin is not going to attack NATO territory

U.S. President Donald Trump stated at a White House briefing that Russian President Vladimir Putin has no intention of attacking NATO countries. A reporter questioned Trump about Germany's accusation that Russia orchestrated sabotage at Leipzig Airport, inquiring if such actions by Moscow constituted an attack on NATO. Trump responded that he speaks with Putin frequently and believes the Russian leader does not plan to attack NATO territory.

Additionally, Trump mentioned that his envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, are in Moscow and Kyiv with a proposal to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. European officials expressed confidence in late August that there is no evidence Russia is preparing to attack NATO or the Baltic states, suggesting the issue was unlikely to be a primary focus of CIA Director John Ratcliffe's August 25 visit to Moscow.

Ratcliffe reportedly went to Moscow to warn the Kremlin against attacking NATO countries, especially Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Meduza, committed to transparency in its use of artificial intelligence, reported this story through the lens of a human journalist with editorial review before publication.