Germany will invest a total of 110 million euros until 2021 in improving military bases in Lithuania, its defense minister said on Monday, underlining Berlin's continued commitment to the defense of its NATO allies in the Baltic region
Lithuania recognises Guaido as the president of Venezuela.
9 month agoRussian Baltic Fleet Ropucha-class landing ship Aleksandr Shabalin set sail from Kronstadt. It has deployed Iskander units before. First pictures show the Ropucha (Pennant near 110) at its pier where she has spent most of the winter.
Sweden's response to Russian activity in the Baltic: Bring back the draft, call up 3,700 conscripts in 2018 and increase that to 8,000 a year by 2022
"Kommersant": Russian forces in Kaliningrad strengthened by Su-27 fighters
Linas Linkevicius:Russia is in material breach of INFTreaty. Lithuania supports US announcement of suspension and notification of withdrawal from INFTreaty. Together w @NATO Allies,we urge RU to use remaining 6 months to return to full and verifiable compliance to preserve the Treaty.
9 month agoVideo of the Baltic Fleets's Stoikiy Project 20380 corvette firing a Kh-35 missile at a surface ship target at more than 30 km.
US official tells that Russia has 4 battalions of SSC-8 (9M729) GLCMs with nearly 100 missiles (including spares) That's probably 16 launchers with 64 launch tubes + spares at Iskander bases in west, south, central, east mil districts.
Chairs of the Foreign Relations Committees of @Jekaba11 Latvia, @Riigikogu Estonia and @LRSeimas Lithuania have nominated @bellingcat for the @PulitzerPrizes in journalism for their investigative reporting
Latvia bans Russian "Rossiya RTR" tv channel broadcast for 3 months
9 month agoRussian Air Force has total 12 Su-27Ps and two Su-27UBs based in Chkalovsk, Kaliningrad Oblast. They were temporarily assigned to the 72nd Guards Aviation Base (Brigade) of Russia Navy at Chernyakhovsk until Aug. 2018. they are part of the 689th Fighter Aviation government.
9 month agoA Russian Air Force pilot has released this video showing how a RuAF Su-27P (from 72nd Guards AvB) dangerously banked in front of a USAF's F-15C of 493rd Fighter Squadron while it was patrolling over Baltic Sea as a part of NATO Baltic Air-policing mission.
Riga mayor Ushakov to comment on searches by anti-corruption agency KNAB from city council
9 month agoAnti-corruption agency at home of Nil Ushakov, also with his wife and office-manager
9 month agoAccording to unofficial information, the building currently houses Ushakov and possibly KNAB staff. Also at the house is a Ushakov machine, where Ushakov driver is sitting.
Russia Deploys more Tanks to Kaliningrad Exclave
Local media report anti-corruption agency KNAB agents searched offices of Riga, Latvia mayor Nils Ušakovs.
Near Latvian territorial water over Baltic Sea Latvian armed forces has identified Russian An-26
The Polish-Lithuanian Parliamentary Assembly will be held on February 11-12
9 month agoImages of @USNavy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) departing Riga, Latvia
9 month agoVideo of Su-27 of Baltic Fleet intercepting U.S. P-8A Poseidon over Baltic Sea
Russian Ministry of Defense: A Su-27 fighter intercepted a US reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea
9 month agoUS Navy P-8A Poseidon circling East to Gdansk
9 month agoFlights today over the Baltic Sea: USAF Global Hawk FORTE10; US Navy P-8A Poseidon 169324; USAF RC-135V Rivet Joint FIZZ19; Swedish Air Force S102B Korpen; FAF Dassault Rafale B FZWTB
9 month agoFirst M109A7 Paladin self-propelled howitzers and other equipment with 1-5 FA, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team ABCT, 1st Infantry Division @FightingFirst, arrived at the final destination in Poland
The Swedish military says a Russian reconnaissance plane escorted by two Russian fighter jets briefly violated Sweden's air space on the country's Baltic Sea coast.
Lithuania's and Ukraine's Presidents met in Davos, discussed challenges related to Russia's interference in the electoral processes in Ukraine and Lithuania and ways to counteract existing threats.
10 month agoA Finnish Air Force F/A-18 on QRA was scrambled to intercept two Russian Air Force Suhoi SU-27 fighters in international airspace above the Gulf of Finland on Thursday 24th January at around 11:30 am. The airspace of Finland was not violated.
10 month agoStanding NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1) flagship USS Gravely conducting small boat operations in the Baltic Sea this week.
Russian Navy has sent two Steregushchiy class corvettes to shadow the @USNavy Destroyers that entered the Baltic Sea.
