Donald Trump has said that Vladimir Putin “fears the US” but not Europe in his latest attack on Washington’s closest allies. In comments likely to cause concern in Europe, the US president said that a mission to capture the Russian President,

The US raid on Venezuela has exposed the limits of ties between Moscow and Caracas – while pointing the way for potential strategic opportunities for Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Washington’s new era of gunboat diplomacy.

Trump has pushed Russia out of Latin America and seized tankers while conceding nothing in Europe.

This comes after US troops seized a second Russian 'shadow fleet' tanker in the Caribbean after initially seizing a vessel its forces had been trailing in the North Atlantic

A nuclear-capable missile fired into Ukraine near Poland sent a message to Europe days after its leaders agreed to postwar security guarantees, Russian analysts said.

President Trump responds to a reporter's question linking the U.S. capture of Nicolas Maduro to potential action against Vladimir Putin, emphasizing diplomacy and recent heavy Russian losses in Ukraine.