Trump Declines to Condemn Russia as NATO Warns Against Hybrid Attacks

• •Trump declined to condemn Putin over the suspected Russian drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport, deflecting questions from reporters at the White House.
• •NATO ambassador Matthew Whitaker declared the alliance would not tolerate hybrid threats and called the Leipzig incident more concerning than other recent provocations.
• •Defense officials warned Europe cannot sustain a war of attrition with Russia, with The Guardian reporting that Putin may be winning the broader hybrid conflict through the rise of pro-Kremlin factions.
• •The divergence between Trump's public silence and NATO's stated zero-tolerance stance raises questions about alliance unity on confronting Russian sabotage.

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