Russia Summons Belgian Ambassador Over ‘Unfounded’ Threat Claims

This is a diplomatic escalation that matters less for what it says than for what it signals: Moscow is pushing back publicly against European threat narratives, and Belgium is now the chosen venue for that pushback. The audience is European political and military leadership, whose threat assessments are being formally rejected rather than ignored. Whether this summons is a one-off protest or the start of a sustained Russian campaign against such claims is the open question.