10 hours agoAround 30 telecom towers along Sweden’s E22 highway have been deliberately sabotaged in recent weeks, with cables cut and equipment damaged but nothing stolen. Police suspect the same actor is behind most incidents, and the national security service is monitoring the situation. The attacks, gathered in a narrow geographic area, have triggered crisis responses but caused limited service disruption. Authorities believe the sabotage may be a way to test Sweden’s response capabilities, and the trend is seen as part of a broader rise in threats to critical infrastructure
4 days agoUkraine invited to NATO summit in The Hague, - Zelensky
4 days agoZelensky: Met with new Romanian President Nicusor Dan for the first time and congratulated him on his election victory
4 days agoZelensky: Met with Polish President Andrzej Duda. We talked about bilateral relations, diplomatic work, and the importance of putting pressure on Russia to bring a just peace closer. We also have mutually beneficial economic projects
4 days agoPresident Zelenskyy is participating in the Vilnius Summit of the Bucharest Nine and the Nordic countries.
10 days agoRussia'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.
10 days agoInterfax: Russian forces begin major maneuvers in the Baltic Sea
10 days agoMerz: 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.
10 days agoRussian Foreign Ministry: Finnish naval exercises are becoming an instrument of NATO escalation near the Russian border
17 days agoREPORTER: 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
19 days agoThe 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
a month agoFinnish Air Force: A Finnish Air Force F-18 Hornet fighter jet crashed. The pilot ejected and has been located.
a month agoLithuania’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
2 months agoThe Russian government has denounced agreements with Norway, Sweden, and Finland on cooperation in the Barents region
2 months agoRussia says Estonia's seizure of Russia-bound oil tanker poses risks to Baltic shipping and security
2 months agoEstonia 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.
2 months agoFinnish Prime Minister: Russia will remain a threat to all of Europe
2 months agoNATO 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
2 months agoFour 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.
2 months agoFour 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
2 months agoBaltic ministers meet with @SecRubio at the State Dept
3 months agoLatvia will consider a possible defense agreement with Kosovo, President Edgars Rinkēvičs announced during his official visit to the country
3 months agoLithuania to propose an orientation date for Ukraine's EU accession: January 1, 2030, says Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda
3 months agoNATO 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
3 months agoLithuania quit an international convention banning cluster ammunition, amid security concerns over Russia
3 months agoZelensky: 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
3 months agoWater 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
4 months agoSwedish authorities are investigating reports of a breach of an undersea cable in the Baltic Sea
4 months agoNew 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
4 months agoFaced with the growing threat posed by Russia, Denmark will unveil a plan for its military on Wednesday, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced on Tuesday.