Pentagon Tells Europeans To Cool Their Rhetoric On Russia, Sources Say

The U.S. requests come as the Trump administration restarts an effort to press for a negotiated end to the full-scale war in Ukraine.

四名知情人士称，五角大楼近几周私下要求立陶宛、拉脱维亚和爱沙尼亚等北约国家降低对俄威胁的公开表态调门，认为部分欧洲领导人的言论损害了欧洲安全。此事发生在特朗普政府重启推动俄乌谈判、并审查驻欧美军规模之际，折射出北约内部对如何公开描述俄罗斯威胁的分歧。