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Finnish Prime Minister: Russia will remain a threat to all of Europe

NATO member Finland says it plans to withdraw from the Ottawa convention banning anti-personnel landmines. Poland and the Baltic countries said last month they will withdraw from the convention due to the military threat from neighbouring Russia

Four American soldiers who went missing at the Pabrades training ground in Lithuania have died and their tracked vehicle has been found in a swamp, Lithuanian media reports, but official sources have not yet confirmed this information.

Four US soldiers and their vehicle have been missing for some 24 hours after they disappeared following an exercise at Lithuania's Pabrade training ground, roughly 10 kilometers from the Belarus border

Baltic ministers meet with @SecRubio at the State Dept

Latvia will consider a possible defense agreement with Kosovo, President Edgars Rinkēvičs announced during his official visit to the country

Lithuania to propose an orientation date for Ukraine's EU accession: January 1, 2030, says Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda

NATO members Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia plan to withdraw from the Ottawa convention banning anti-personnel mines due to the military threat from their neighbour Russia, the four countries said in a statement

Lithuania quit an international convention banning cluster ammunition, amid security concerns over Russia

Zelensky: Had a productive conversation with our Baltic friends: President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda, President of Latvia Edgars Rinkėvis, and Prime Minister of Estonia Kristen Michał. Informed them about yesterday's summit in London

Water supply of strategic Baltic island Gotland was sabotaged last night. Someone broke into the pump controls and destroyed them. The pumps serve a large part of Gotland (pop 61k) and had it gone unnoticed could have left all island without water. Water is ok

Swedish authorities are investigating reports of a breach of an undersea cable in the Baltic Sea

New cable break has occurred in the Baltic Sea off Gotland, reports Swedish TV4. Swedish Defense Forces confirms that it has received information about the matter. NATO ships are investigating the culprit

Faced with the growing threat posed by Russia, Denmark will unveil a plan for its military on Wednesday, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced on Tuesday.

U.S. Air Force B-52H bombers have arrived in Europe as part of a routine deployment, per US Air Force. The bombers will participate in a series of exercises and training flights alongside Allied air forces. While transiting into Europe, the aircraft conducted a routine mission with #France , #Sweden and #Finland.

SecDef @PeteHegseth - "@NATO is a great alliance, the most successful defense alliance in history, but to endure for the future our partners must do far more for Europe's defense." He says Europe should do more for defense of the continent

Lithuania's defense minister @DSakaliene this morning in Brussels called the "illusion" that Trump and Putin will find a solution to the war in Ukraine "a deadly trap." "Whether we decide to fall under the illusion that Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin are going to find a solution for all of us, and that would be a deadly trap, or we will, as Europe, embrace our own economic, financial and military capacity. And we will be the ones who will be deciding what will happen in Europe and in Ukraine with United States. Let's not be naive. United States is not only the most significant contributor of NATO alliance, but also the one that has been, I want to reiterate, paying for our security. And that needs to be corrected."

"A plan to increase NATO's rapid response capabilities has been adopted" - Kosiniak-Kamysz in Brussels

NATO chief Rutte says there's no option but to raise defense spending by GDP to "north of 3%" because there's no choice. Otherwise, he warns, in four or five years, NATO simply won't be able to defend its territory

On February 11, 2025 at 2:09 p.m. in the eastern part of the Bay of Gdansk, there was a violation of airspace over the territorial waters of the Republic of Poland by a Su-24MR aircraft of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The aircraft, which flew from the Kaliningrad, violated Polish airspace to a maximum depth of 6.5 km and stayed there for 1 minute and 12 seconds.

Finnish Foreign Ministry summons Russian ambassador in connection with Russian aircraft violating air borders in Gulf of Finland

President of the @EU_Commission Ursula von der Leyen: Today we connect the Baltic states to the continental European electricity grid. We’re cutting the last remaining links with Russia. Freedom from threats and blackmail, at last. This is a historic day

A tanker with fuel oil is sinking in the port of Ust-Luga in the Leningrad region - regional transport department of investigative committee. There are 130 thousand tons of fuel on board. There is no damage to the sinking vessel in the Leningrad region, no casualties

Lithuania: Baltic states complete disconnection from Russian energy grid

Finland's defense ministry says a Russian plane violated Finnish airspace "for a few minutes."

Russia is concerned about NATO's plans to turn the Baltic into an internal sea of the Alliance. In this regard, Putin discusses the development of the Kaliningrad region with the Security Council

NATO is trying to blockade Russia in the Baltic Sea and paralyze the work of ports in the Leningrad and Kaliningrad regions, said Russian presidential aide and Chairman of the Russian Maritime Collegium Nikolai Patrushev.

Police: At least 10 people killed in school shooting, including suspect. Number of injured not yet clear. Motive unknown but no indication of terrorism.

At least 5 people shot at school in Örebro, Sweden - police

Norway police stop ship with Russian crew in connection with Latvia-Sweden cable damage