Emma Burrows
@eburrows.bsky.social
AP European Security Correspondent. Previously with CNN in Moscow & ITN in London. Speak Russian & Spanish
AP Exclusive: Poland & Romania are deploying new anti-drone tech backed by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt to tackle Russian drones.
The Merops system uses AI, fits in the back of a pickup truck & fires drones against drones. Denmark will also use it, NATO officials said.
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The Merops system uses AI, fits in the back of a pickup truck & fires drones against drones. Denmark will also use it, NATO officials said.
apnews.com/article/russ...
As Russian drone incursions rattle Europe, Poland and Romania deploy a new defensive system
Poland and Romania are deploying a new weapons system to defend against Russian drones. The American Merops system can identify and target drones using AI, even when communications are jammed.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM
AP Exclusive: Poland & Romania are deploying new anti-drone tech backed by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt to tackle Russian drones.
The Merops system uses AI, fits in the back of a pickup truck & fires drones against drones. Denmark will also use it, NATO officials said.
apnews.com/article/russ...
The Merops system uses AI, fits in the back of a pickup truck & fires drones against drones. Denmark will also use it, NATO officials said.
apnews.com/article/russ...
5 men were just jailed in London for their roles in a arson attack masterminded by Russia - part of a wider sabotage campaign.
At @apnews.com I have now tracked at least 25 arson or explosives plots across Europe linked to Russia by Western officials since 2022. Map 👉 apnews.com/article/brit...
At @apnews.com I have now tracked at least 25 arson or explosives plots across Europe linked to Russia by Western officials since 2022. Map 👉 apnews.com/article/brit...
Men sentenced over London arson attack masterminded by Russia as part of a wider sabotage campaign
A British judge has sentenced five men for their roles in an arson attack in London that authorities say was masterminded by Russian intelligence as part of a wider campaign of sabotage and disruption...
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October 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
5 men were just jailed in London for their roles in a arson attack masterminded by Russia - part of a wider sabotage campaign.
At @apnews.com I have now tracked at least 25 arson or explosives plots across Europe linked to Russia by Western officials since 2022. Map 👉 apnews.com/article/brit...
At @apnews.com I have now tracked at least 25 arson or explosives plots across Europe linked to Russia by Western officials since 2022. Map 👉 apnews.com/article/brit...
Almost all news outlets - including @apnews.com colleagues - leave the Pentagon after not agreeing to new reporting rules. apnews.com/article/pent...
Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules
Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces on Wednesday, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs being removal from being at the sea...
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October 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Almost all news outlets - including @apnews.com colleagues - leave the Pentagon after not agreeing to new reporting rules. apnews.com/article/pent...
How @apnews.com photographer Lindsey Wasson broke the news to Mary E. Brunkow that she’d just won the Nobel Prize in medicine. www.ap.org/the-definiti....
Behind the lens: Breaking the news to a Nobel Prize winner | The Associated Press
They say a picture is worth 1,000 words, but these photos may be worth a Nobel Prize. In the early hours of Monday morning, Seattle-based AP
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October 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
How @apnews.com photographer Lindsey Wasson broke the news to Mary E. Brunkow that she’d just won the Nobel Prize in medicine. www.ap.org/the-definiti....
September has been fraught for Europe… Joined @npr.org @the1a.org today to talk drone incursions, Russian fighter jets, sabotage and Europe’s “drone wall” project. the1a.org/segments/why...
Why are Russian aircraft violating NATO airspace?
The alliance's airspace is busy these days. And not in a good way.
the1a.org
September 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
September has been fraught for Europe… Joined @npr.org @the1a.org today to talk drone incursions, Russian fighter jets, sabotage and Europe’s “drone wall” project. the1a.org/segments/why...
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Estonia is extending a fence along its border with Russia and building anti-tank ditches and bunkers in preparation for a potential conflict with Moscow.
Europe urgently needs to solve its Russian drone problem, Baltic officials say
Estonia is extending a fence along its border with Russia and building anti-tank ditches and bunkers in preparation for a potential conflict with Moscow.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Estonia is extending a fence along its border with Russia and building anti-tank ditches and bunkers in preparation for a potential conflict with Moscow.
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Europe has a drone problem
I went to Latvia, Lithuania Estonia - NATO’s Russian border - & spoke to officials about what they need.
Estonia’s Lt. Gen Andrus Merilo wants “affordable” & mass produced tech.
“I don’t need high-end capabilities” to fire against cheap drones
apnews.com/article/russ...
I went to Latvia, Lithuania Estonia - NATO’s Russian border - & spoke to officials about what they need.
Estonia’s Lt. Gen Andrus Merilo wants “affordable” & mass produced tech.
“I don’t need high-end capabilities” to fire against cheap drones
apnews.com/article/russ...
September 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Thank you! bsky.app/profile/matt...
Europe has a drone problem
I went to Latvia, Lithuania Estonia - NATO’s Russian border - & spoke to officials about what they need.
Estonia’s Lt. Gen Andrus Merilo wants “affordable” & mass produced tech.
“I don’t need high-end capabilities” to fire against cheap drones
apnews.com/article/russ...
I went to Latvia, Lithuania Estonia - NATO’s Russian border - & spoke to officials about what they need.
Estonia’s Lt. Gen Andrus Merilo wants “affordable” & mass produced tech.
“I don’t need high-end capabilities” to fire against cheap drones
apnews.com/article/russ...
Europe has a Russian drone problem. Here are ways it could be solved
Estonia is extending a fence along its border with Russia and building anti-tank ditches and bunkers in preparation for a potential conflict with Moscow.
apnews.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Europe has a drone problem
I went to Latvia, Lithuania Estonia - NATO’s Russian border - & spoke to officials about what they need.
Estonia’s Lt. Gen Andrus Merilo wants “affordable” & mass produced tech.
“I don’t need high-end capabilities” to fire against cheap drones
apnews.com/article/russ...
I went to Latvia, Lithuania Estonia - NATO’s Russian border - & spoke to officials about what they need.
Estonia’s Lt. Gen Andrus Merilo wants “affordable” & mass produced tech.
“I don’t need high-end capabilities” to fire against cheap drones
apnews.com/article/russ...
Russian jets violating Estonian airspace ignored signals from NATO pilots, Estonian officials told @apnews.com
The Russian jets “acknowledged” communication but didn’t follow signs which is partly why they were in Estonian airspace for so long - 12 minutes. apnews.com/article/russ...
The Russian jets “acknowledged” communication but didn’t follow signs which is partly why they were in Estonian airspace for so long - 12 minutes. apnews.com/article/russ...
Russian jets over Estonia ignored signals from NATO pilots, officials say
A senior Estonian military official said Russian pilots ignored signals from Italian jets during a 12-minute violation of Estonian airspace.
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September 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Russian jets violating Estonian airspace ignored signals from NATO pilots, Estonian officials told @apnews.com
The Russian jets “acknowledged” communication but didn’t follow signs which is partly why they were in Estonian airspace for so long - 12 minutes. apnews.com/article/russ...
The Russian jets “acknowledged” communication but didn’t follow signs which is partly why they were in Estonian airspace for so long - 12 minutes. apnews.com/article/russ...
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Difficult for Nato to defend against drone incursions. Missiles are expensive, drones cheap, but the damage a drone strike can do (to an energy plant, say) far outweighs even the cost of a missile. Analysis from @eburrows.bsky.social for @apnews.com
NATO's first drone battle pits million-dollar jets against cheap drones, exposing vulnerabilities
For over three years, Ukraine has been battling Russian attack drones. On Wednesday, NATO confronted a similar challenge.
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September 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Difficult for Nato to defend against drone incursions. Missiles are expensive, drones cheap, but the damage a drone strike can do (to an energy plant, say) far outweighs even the cost of a missile. Analysis from @eburrows.bsky.social for @apnews.com
NATO got a taste of Ukraine's drone fight & responded by scrambling million dollar jets against cheap drones. It's hard to know if the Russian drone incursion was deliberate but experts said electronic countermeasures likely wouldn't have pushed drones so far into Poland. apnews.com/article/pola...
NATO's first drone battle pits million-dollar jets against cheap drones, exposing vulnerabilities
For over three years, Ukraine has been battling Russian attack drones. On Wednesday, NATO confronted a similar challenge.
apnews.com
September 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
NATO got a taste of Ukraine's drone fight & responded by scrambling million dollar jets against cheap drones. It's hard to know if the Russian drone incursion was deliberate but experts said electronic countermeasures likely wouldn't have pushed drones so far into Poland. apnews.com/article/pola...
Another meeting - today in Paris - about security guarantees for Ukraine.
More meetings, more statements of European “support” but big challenges remain - no ceasefire, unclear US involvement & US president Trump who sometimes echoes Putin’s talking points apnews.com/article/ukra...
More meetings, more statements of European “support” but big challenges remain - no ceasefire, unclear US involvement & US president Trump who sometimes echoes Putin’s talking points apnews.com/article/ukra...
European leaders face tough choices as the UK and France host another meeting on Ukraine
European countries are facing tough choices as they meet in Paris to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine.
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September 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Another meeting - today in Paris - about security guarantees for Ukraine.
More meetings, more statements of European “support” but big challenges remain - no ceasefire, unclear US involvement & US president Trump who sometimes echoes Putin’s talking points apnews.com/article/ukra...
More meetings, more statements of European “support” but big challenges remain - no ceasefire, unclear US involvement & US president Trump who sometimes echoes Putin’s talking points apnews.com/article/ukra...
Great piece from @bbcstever.bsky.social in Russian Far East where the para ice hockey team were all injured in Ukraine & a local graffiti artist spray painted a state-backed mural of Putin hugging a Siberian tiger on a wall with the words "The dawn starts here.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's 4,000 miles from Ukraine - but even this Asian city is part of Russia's war
In Vladivostok, a city on China's and North Korea's border, Russia's war on Ukraine looms large.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 4, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Great piece from @bbcstever.bsky.social in Russian Far East where the para ice hockey team were all injured in Ukraine & a local graffiti artist spray painted a state-backed mural of Putin hugging a Siberian tiger on a wall with the words "The dawn starts here.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Russian GPS jamming has been increasing since Putin invaded Ukraine.
Nordic & Baltic states have to live with it - pilots can still safely land planes but it can send taxi apps haywire, cause drones to crash and is potentially extremely dangerous at sea. apnews.com/article/russ...
Nordic & Baltic states have to live with it - pilots can still safely land planes but it can send taxi apps haywire, cause drones to crash and is potentially extremely dangerous at sea. apnews.com/article/russ...
What to know about Russia's GPS jamming operation in Europe
Bulgarian authorities aren't investigating a suspected Russian interference operation involving a plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen because they say the interference is...
apnews.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Russian GPS jamming has been increasing since Putin invaded Ukraine.
Nordic & Baltic states have to live with it - pilots can still safely land planes but it can send taxi apps haywire, cause drones to crash and is potentially extremely dangerous at sea. apnews.com/article/russ...
Nordic & Baltic states have to live with it - pilots can still safely land planes but it can send taxi apps haywire, cause drones to crash and is potentially extremely dangerous at sea. apnews.com/article/russ...
apnews.com/article/mide... AP freelancer among 4 journalists killed in Israeli strike on hospital in Gaza, health officials say
AP freelancer among 4 journalists killed in Israeli strike on hospital in Gaza, health officials say
Among the victims was Mariam Dagga, a freelancer for the Associated Press. Al Jazeera confirmed that its journalist Mohammed Salam was also killed in the strike. Reuters reported that its contractor c...
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August 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
apnews.com/article/mide... AP freelancer among 4 journalists killed in Israeli strike on hospital in Gaza, health officials say
Fiona Hill said other leaders might look at Trump and think he’s “not the big guy that he thinks he is and certainly not the dealmaking genius…All the way along, Trump was convinced he has incredible forces of persuasion,” but he didn’t get a ceasefire from Putin. apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump runs into the difficulty of Putin diplomacy and ending a long war
President Donald Trump walked into a summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin pressing for a ceasefire deal and threatening “severe consequences” and tough new sanctions if the Kremlin leader failed to agr...
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August 17, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Fiona Hill said other leaders might look at Trump and think he’s “not the big guy that he thinks he is and certainly not the dealmaking genius…All the way along, Trump was convinced he has incredible forces of persuasion,” but he didn’t get a ceasefire from Putin. apnews.com/article/trum...
Fiona Hill, Trump’s former Russia advisor, told me he’s met his match because “Putin is a much bigger bully.”
Trump wants to negotiate “a big real estate deal between Russia & Ukraine, but in his mind he can “apply real pressure” only to one side — Kyiv. apnews.com/article/russ...
Trump wants to negotiate “a big real estate deal between Russia & Ukraine, but in his mind he can “apply real pressure” only to one side — Kyiv. apnews.com/article/russ...
Summit puts Putin back on the global stage and Trump echoes a Kremlin position
In a summit meeting marked by red carpets, handshakes and military flyovers, President Vladimir Putin made his first trip to the United States in a decade and was greeted warmly by President Donald Tr...
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August 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Fiona Hill, Trump’s former Russia advisor, told me he’s met his match because “Putin is a much bigger bully.”
Trump wants to negotiate “a big real estate deal between Russia & Ukraine, but in his mind he can “apply real pressure” only to one side — Kyiv. apnews.com/article/russ...
Trump wants to negotiate “a big real estate deal between Russia & Ukraine, but in his mind he can “apply real pressure” only to one side — Kyiv. apnews.com/article/russ...
The Alaska summit “produced nothing for Trump & gave Putin most of what he was looking for..Unless Putin is absolutely convinced he can’t win militarily, the fighting is not going to stop. That’s the big takeaway from the Anchorage summit”-Laurie Bristow fmr ambo to Russia apnews.com/article/russ...
Summit puts Putin back on the global stage and Trump echoes a Kremlin position
In a summit meeting marked by red carpets, handshakes and military flyovers, President Vladimir Putin made his first trip to the United States in a decade and was greeted warmly by President Donald Tr...
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August 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The Alaska summit “produced nothing for Trump & gave Putin most of what he was looking for..Unless Putin is absolutely convinced he can’t win militarily, the fighting is not going to stop. That’s the big takeaway from the Anchorage summit”-Laurie Bristow fmr ambo to Russia apnews.com/article/russ...
According to a senior European official on call with Trump: ‘Putin allegedly wants all of Donetsk & Luhansk’ regions; for Ukraine to withdraw troops & then may agree to freeze along current battle lines in Kherson & Zaporizhzhia.
That would give Russia MORE territory than it now occupies in Ukraine
That would give Russia MORE territory than it now occupies in Ukraine
August 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
According to a senior European official on call with Trump: ‘Putin allegedly wants all of Donetsk & Luhansk’ regions; for Ukraine to withdraw troops & then may agree to freeze along current battle lines in Kherson & Zaporizhzhia.
That would give Russia MORE territory than it now occupies in Ukraine
That would give Russia MORE territory than it now occupies in Ukraine
Gen. Grynkewich, NATO’s top commander in Europe is in Alaska to give “military advice” to Trump as he meets Putin, a NATO military official told me. This likely to be welcomed by Europeans as G. is a supporter of Ukraine & views Russia as a serious threat. apnews.com/live/donald-...
Live updates: Trump and Putin fly to high-stakes meeting in Alaska
U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska for a high-stakes summit that could dictate the trajectory of the war in Ukraine and European security.
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August 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Gen. Grynkewich, NATO’s top commander in Europe is in Alaska to give “military advice” to Trump as he meets Putin, a NATO military official told me. This likely to be welcomed by Europeans as G. is a supporter of Ukraine & views Russia as a serious threat. apnews.com/live/donald-...
Trump & Putin’s Alaska summit is a “profoundly alarming moment for Europe.” Putin might persuade Trump to accept Russian sovereignty over parts of Ukraine or lift sanctions. That would cause a “really serious” transatlantic alliance split @nigelgould-davies.bsky.social apnews.com/article/euro...
Europe's sidelined leaders urge Trump to defend security interests at his summit with Putin
European Union leaders have urged U.S. President Donald Trump to defend their security interests at Friday's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the war in Ukraine.
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August 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Trump & Putin’s Alaska summit is a “profoundly alarming moment for Europe.” Putin might persuade Trump to accept Russian sovereignty over parts of Ukraine or lift sanctions. That would cause a “really serious” transatlantic alliance split @nigelgould-davies.bsky.social apnews.com/article/euro...
New START is the only remaining nuclear arms treaty between the US and Russia and it’s on the ropes and set to expire.
The end of nuclear weapons agreements between the U.S. and Russia doesn’t make nuclear war more likely but it “certainly” doesn’t make it less likely. apnews.com/article/russ...
The end of nuclear weapons agreements between the U.S. and Russia doesn’t make nuclear war more likely but it “certainly” doesn’t make it less likely. apnews.com/article/russ...
With only one nuclear arms pact left between the US and Russia, a new arms race is possible
For decades, the threat of nuclear conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union hung over humanity.
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August 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
New START is the only remaining nuclear arms treaty between the US and Russia and it’s on the ropes and set to expire.
The end of nuclear weapons agreements between the U.S. and Russia doesn’t make nuclear war more likely but it “certainly” doesn’t make it less likely. apnews.com/article/russ...
The end of nuclear weapons agreements between the U.S. and Russia doesn’t make nuclear war more likely but it “certainly” doesn’t make it less likely. apnews.com/article/russ...
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BREAKING: The Trump administration has resumed sending some weapons to Ukraine a week after the Pentagon pause, U.S. officials say.
Live updates: Trump hosts West African leaders after cutting aid to the region
U.S. President Donald Trump hosted West African leaders at the White House, saying there is "great economic potential in Africa" as the leaders heaped praise upon him.
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July 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
BREAKING: The Trump administration has resumed sending some weapons to Ukraine a week after the Pentagon pause, U.S. officials say.
An arson in London was organised by Russia's intelligence services.
4 European intel officials told AP they’re worried the risk of serious injury or death is rising as untrained saboteurs set fires near homes, plant explosives or build bombs. apnews.com/article/russ...
4 European intel officials told AP they’re worried the risk of serious injury or death is rising as untrained saboteurs set fires near homes, plant explosives or build bombs. apnews.com/article/russ...
Intelligence officials worry a sabotage campaign blamed on Russia is growing more dangerous
European intelligence officials say they’re worried the risk of serious injury or even death is rising in a campaign of sabotage blamed on Russia as untrained saboteurs set fires, plant explosives or ...
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July 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
An arson in London was organised by Russia's intelligence services.
4 European intel officials told AP they’re worried the risk of serious injury or death is rising as untrained saboteurs set fires near homes, plant explosives or build bombs. apnews.com/article/russ...
4 European intel officials told AP they’re worried the risk of serious injury or death is rising as untrained saboteurs set fires near homes, plant explosives or build bombs. apnews.com/article/russ...
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Conflict cross-over: Iran supplies drones to Russia for use in Ukraine. Ukrainian drone hunters find sophisticated new components in debris, including anti-jamming technology. US and Israeli bombings in Iran could hamper Russia's drone campaign. Investigation by @eburrows.bsky.social on @apnews.com
Drone debris found in Ukraine indicates Russia is using new technology from Iran
Last week, Ukrainian drone hunters searching through the debris of Russia's nightly assault on their cities found a drone that was different to the rest.
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June 25, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Conflict cross-over: Iran supplies drones to Russia for use in Ukraine. Ukrainian drone hunters find sophisticated new components in debris, including anti-jamming technology. US and Israeli bombings in Iran could hamper Russia's drone campaign. Investigation by @eburrows.bsky.social on @apnews.com