Russia is stepping up a clandestine campaign of sabotage and hybrid attacks against the United States and its allies in Europe, according to a new report.

The top official in the U.S.-led NATO alliance issued a direct appeal Thursday to residents of countries in the bloc, asking them to demand big increases in defense spending in the face of Russia’s aggression.

The Army this week announced sharp cuts to a program that gives financial assistance to soldiers obtaining industry credentials while giving a boost to its tuition assistance initiative.

Gen. Christopher Donahue, whose military career has been marked by long stints as a special operator, took charge Tuesday of the U.S. Army’s mission in Europe during a change of command ceremony in Wiesbaden, Germany.

If passed, the bill will require the secretary of the Air Force to evaluate whether beards are compatible with an array of equipment worn by airmen, including masks that require airtight seals.

A congressional proposal designed to make it easier for government service employees of the military to stay in their overseas jobs past a five-year term limit was added to a defense bill expected to be voted on in the days ahead.

Navy officials in charge of the military’s main operating base in Africa put troops at higher risk of exposure to toxic air by not heeding environmental safety requirements, a Defense Department probe found.

Countries in the U.S.-led NATO alliance must find new ways of countering the stepped-up efforts by Russia and China to destabilize Europe with sabotage campaigns, the bloc’s top official said Wednesday.

The battlefield backing that Russia is getting from North Korea, China and Iran in Ukraine has strings attached that could threaten the American homeland, NATO’s top official said Tuesday.

U.S. European Command headquarters was among the targets of a spy ring accused of passing information to Russia over a three-year span, according to British prosecutors trying three Bulgarian defendants.