1 week agoU.S and Russian joint chiefs of staff (Dunford/Gerasimov) had a meeting in Finland on Syria and European security. Also preparation for possible Trump - Putin summit in July
1 week agoPhoto: A @USAirForce CV-22 Osprey approaches the Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) during exercise Baltic Operations 2018 in the Baltic Sea.
Finland open to plans by ex-Angry Birds executive for China funding of Estonia tunnel: minister
"There are disagreements between NATO allies but at NATO we stand together," @jensstoltenberg says. "We see the US and Canada increasing their presence in Europe." (He must be so tired of answering "transatlantic tension" questions.)
Toomas Hendrik Ilves: Yes, I can confirm, I have been informed that I have joined my friends Senator @SenJohnMcCain and Ambassador Michael @McFaul and been banned from visiting Russia. As I was in the 1980s, back in the USSR.
1 week agoGlobal Hawk is certainly carrying out surveillance close to Kaliningrad airspace.
1 week agoThe remains found in Vilnius cemetery have been confirmed as that of Adolfas Ramanauskas – Vanagas, the leader of Lithuanian partisans who fought a guerrilla war against the Soviet occupation in 1944-1953
1 week ago13 US military wounded as result of road accident near Kaunas, Lithuania
TASS: Putin rejects a suggestion to introduce sanctions on Latvia.
Estonian Journalist Ainar Ruussaar is on the list of those barred entry to the Russian Federation.
Russia will not leave the passing of a "Magnitsky list" by Estonia without a response, Foreign Ministry says. Also "measures will be taken regarding Latvia, which has also joined the 'provocative anti-Russian line'".
Russia has banned Estonian politicians who are "Russophobically inclined".
1 week agoBill Browder:up is @EerikNKross Estonian MP is testifying at Danish Magnitsky hearings. "With the EU failing to adopt Magnitsky Act after 3 calls from EU Parliament, individual EU states have started acting on their own. That's what we've done in Estonia"
1 week ago@jensstoltenberg says DefMins will "boost readiness" by approving a plan to have a follow-on force of 30 land battalions/30 air squadrons/30 naval combattants that could be in place within 30 days if needed
In a historic 24-hour emergency preparedness exercise, Sweden calls up 22,000 home guards soldiers.
1 week agoSaber Strike officially kicked off yesterday. U.S. forces will be conducting various exercises with NATO Allies and partners in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to further improve Allied interoperability
NATO launches massive saber strike maneuvers in Poland and Baltic States
2 week agoPatriot batteries deployed from Germany to Poland it will "demonstrate the alliance's determination and ability to act as one in response to any aggression."
Rally in Riga in support of Russian language in schools
Tiny US ally Latvia has come into focus as a potential weak link in enforcing financial sanctions against Russia and North Korea
2 week agoBaltic: NATO E3A AWACS ops Latvia
During the period 03–15 JUNE 2018 a military exercise THUNDER STORM 2018, SABER STRIKE 2018 and BALTOPS 2018 will take place in the Republic of Lithuania. The intensive military air activity (jet, fixed-wing rotor airplanes and UAVs) will take place within Vilnius FIR/UIR.
"Baltops 2018" begins in Klaipeda: 60 aircraft, 42 ships, 1 submarine and approx. 5,000 personnel from 22 countries. The 46th iteration of BALTOPS
2 week agoRomania and Lithuania were complicit in CIA torture, European court rules
Romania and Lithuania knowingly hosted secret CIA jails, European court rules
2 week agoUSAF UAV RQ4B Global Hawk - carrying out comprehensive surveillance mission over Baltic states and border areas 1114z
Lawyer shot dead in Latvia, police see hand of organized crime
Two people injured in shooting in central Uppsala, near Stockholm
Latvia is investigating whether its banks acted as conduits for Russian funds
2 week agoLeading up SaberStrike next week, members of units like the 18th Military Police Brigade ?? have begun training in order to prepare for what will be the largest U.S.- led @NATO training exercise of the year.
