Overview

• Pentagon officials told European diplomats in late August that the U.S. plans to cut some security assistance to Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, according to accounts of the meeting.
• A Pentagon official, David Baker, urged Europe to reduce reliance on U.S. forces as Washington shifts focus to priorities such as homeland defense.
• Estonia reported that Russian MiG-31s entered its airspace for about 10 minutes before Italian F-35s responded, a claim Moscow denied.
• Poland said Russian jets buzzed a Polish oil platform hours later, following reports last week that Polish forces downed Russian drones.
• The White House reaction has been restrained, with President Trump waiting hours to call the latest incident potentially "big trouble," even as some U.S. arms continue to reach Ukraine through the PURL program and European officials warn disengagement could embolden Vladimir Putin.