NATO warns Russia of attacking a NATO member country

NATO members along the eastern flank of the 32-member alliance, particularly Poland and the Baltic states, are extremely worried that the talks could end with a settlement that is favorable to Russia. They fear such an outcome would allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to rebuild his country’s forces and threaten other countries in the region in the coming years.NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned Russia on Wednesday that the alliance would always stand by Poland or any other member and that its reaction to an attack would be “devastating.”Rutte’s warning comes as President Donald Trump’s return to power has shaken the security assumptions of the past decades, and has pushed Europe to try to wean itself off its security dependence on the U.S., with European countries planning ambitious new investments in weapons. How strong is Russia against NATO?