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Russia's Baltic Fleet: Launches maneuvers in the Baltic Sea with the participation of more than 20 ships, 3,000 troops, and 25 aircraft and helicopters.

Interfax: Russian forces begin major maneuvers in the Baltic Sea

Merz: Hybrid attacks, severed cables, and damaged pipelines in the Baltic Sea threaten our common security. We are preparing ourselves with our Nordic partners. This shows that Europe stands together. Germany plays a role.

Russian Foreign Ministry: Finnish naval exercises are becoming an instrument of NATO escalation near the Russian border

REPORTER: On Russia, are you worried about the reports of a military buildup along the borders of Finland and Norway. TRUMP: No. I don't worry about that at all

The Russian Navy has detained an oil tanker that left an Estonian port. According to the Estonian Foreign Ministry, the tanker Green Admire, flying the Liberian flag, left the port of Sillamae in eastern Estonia for Rotterdam in the Netherlands, but was detained by Russian authorities

Finnish Air Force: A Finnish Air Force F-18 Hornet fighter jet crashed. The pilot ejected and has been located.

Lithuania’s capital Vilnius presented today an evacuation plan in case of war, as the Baltic nation worries terrorist state of Russia might target it next after invasion of Ukraine

The Russian government has denounced agreements with Norway, Sweden, and Finland on cooperation in the Barents region

Russia says Estonia's seizure of Russia-bound oil tanker poses risks to Baltic shipping and security

Estonia has detained a tanker belonging to Russia's shadow fleet. The vessel was sailing under the flag of Djibouti, but it turned out that the tanker was not in any register. The Estonian Defense Forces have detained a tanker near the island of Aegna. The vessel KIWALA was used to transport crude oil and was heading to the Russian port of Ust-Luga, sailing along Estonian territorial waters. There were 24 people on board, including the captain, a Chinese citizen, and presumably Mauritanian citizens.

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