NATO members are 'deeply concerned' about recent attacks they attribute to Russia that namely affected the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and the United Kingdom, the defence alliance said in a statement on Thursday.

But Russia is weakened by the Ukraine war and is in no position to attack NATO, experts say. Instead, the Russian president wants to weaken and undermine NATO from within, analysts believe. The era of relative peace and prosperity the West has enjoyed since the end of World War II may fast be coming to an end.