NATO chief Mark Rutte said there is no way Moscow can beat the alliance, brushing off nuclear threats.

At a defense summit, he demanded that Russia stop directing nuclear warnings at NATO.

The article links the exchange to tension in the Baltic and to military posturing there.

It says Moscow has raised the possibility of nuclear responses over transit routes such as Kaliningrad.

Points cited in the piece include threats about what could follow if Kaliningrad were cut off.

Rutte told member governments the alliance will not bend to intimidation.

The article says defense leaders still see no immediate invasion threat to allied territory.

Officials in the United States and Europe are tracking the language as the posturing grows.

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