Nato cannot defend Europe from Russia without the US, warns alliance’s frontline leaders - The leaders of Finland, Latvia and Estonia tell The Independent that Ukraine’s victory against Russia is para

Russia is keen to disrupt, weaken or even divide NATO and one way of encouraging that might be to convince the U.S. that war is coming with the alliance in Europe and to ask America if it wants to be dragged into it. This especially matters as Trump's incoming administration forms its policies toward NATO and Russia.