Estonia Foreign Minister: Estonia has decided to no longer accept people from Russia, who are Schengen visa holders that has been granted by Estonia, to enter the country. I call on other governments to follow such steps
Linas Linkevicius: Having removed itself from civilized world, Russia is desperate to strengthen its ties with 'sister' governments. Lavrov's visit to Myanmar, where junta according to Amnesty International is crushing opposition by executions, brutal beatings and sexual violence just proves that
Gazprom stopped gas supplies to Latvia as part of the July bid "due to violation of gas withdrawal conditions"
2 year agoGitanas Nausėda: Just arrived in Kyiv. On this special day, as Ukraine celebrates the Day of Statehood for the first time, will address Ukrainian people at the Verkhovna Rada. Will also meet President @ZelenskyyUA, present him with the Order of Vytautas the Great - the highest Lithuania state decoration
Tomorrow Poland's president @andrzejduda will sign the law ratifying the Protocols on Finland's and Sweden's accession to NATO. The event will take place in the Navy Port of @MiastoGdynia, city on the Baltic Sea coast - says presidential chief of staff
2 year agoThe Great Belt, southbound today, enroute to St Petersburg. The Yasen-class SSGN Severodvinsk, Ingul-class rescue tug Pamir and the Ivan Gren-class LST Ivan Gren. The Ivan Gren turned around, was northbound on the 13th. Photos: Kurt Pedersen / Facebook group: Under Broen
2 year agoUS to sell Estonia the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and related equipment for ~$500 million, according to @StateDept
Estonian PM Kaja Kallas: I will form a new government. According to the constitution, I just announced that the current government will resign. I've proposed to convene extraordinary parliament sitting on Friday, where I'll ask for a mandate for the new government coalition
Putin and Lukashenka in a phone call discussed possible joint response to Lithuanian restrictions on goods transit to Kaliningrad
2 year agoLatvia reinstitutes conscription for men aged 18-27, saying the "security implications of Russia-Ukraine war" have "exhausted" other means of boosting the defense forces. DefMin @Pabriks says having more citizens "ready to engage in combat" is necessary "in order to survive
Kaliningrad Governor: We propose to ban the transit of goods to the Baltic states via Russia
Tomorrow the presidents of Poland & Lithuania @andrzejduda @GitanasNauseda will meet the military units located on the SuwalkiGap
The process of ratifying the membership of Sweden and Finland in the North Atlantic Alliance has begun, informed NATO Secretary General @jensstoltenberg
Denmark Officials: Mall Shooting That Killed 3 Likely Not Terror Incident
Copenhagen Police: We are still present, shots have been fired and several people have been hit. We work on site. People in the Fields must stay and await the police. All other persons must stay away from Fields
Shots kill several people in a shopping center in Copenhagen
2 year agoNATO Allies and Partners working ever closer together in Finnish airspace. RAF F-35s flying with Finnish F-18s
"We are prepared for all eventualities," Stoltenberg says, addressing President Putin's comments that Russia will respond "in kind" if troops, infrastructure are deployed in Finland, Sweden. The Accession Protocol to be formally signed Tuesday, he says
2 year agoThe formal signing of the accession protocols for Finland and Sweden to join NATO will happen Tuesday
Baltic Fleet press-release: The Steregushchiy-class corvette Soobrazitelny has reportedly conducted a SAM live-firing against 2 x target missiles fired by the Nanuchka-class Passat and the Steregushchiy-class corvette Stoikiy
NATO leaders formally invite Finland and Sweden to join alliance - statement
2 year agoSecretary Antony Blinken:Met with Finnish and Swedish Foreign Ministers @Haavisto and @AnnLinde to commend their trilateral agreement with Turkey and reiterate our strong support for their NATO accession. We also reaffirmed the need for robust assistance to Ukraine against the Kremlin's brutal war
.@Potus announces new US military deployments to Europe: 1. Create permanent HQ for US 5th Army Corps in Poland 2. Deploy additional rotational brigade to Romania 3. Deploy 2 additional F-35 squadrons to the UK 4. "Enhance" rotational deployments in Baltics
.@NATO SecGen @jensstoltenberg announcing the Memorandum between Turkey, Sweden and Finland: "I am pleased to announce that we now have an agreement that paves the way for Finland and Sweden to join NATO"
2 year agoTurkey has agreed to admit Sweden and Finland to NATO, the Turkish Presidential Administration said.
Russian hacker group Killnet claims responsibility for the DDOS attacks against Lithuanian network infrastructure. Russian hacker group Killnet says cyber attack on Lithuania was in retaliation for stopping transit of goods to Russia's Kaliningrad exclave
Lithuania says its state and private institutions are experiencing a cyber attack, warns of high probability of more to come - Defense ministry
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg: NATO defends all its members. There are our battle groups in the Baltic states. We will defend our every territory. I hope President Putin understands the consequences of the attack on the Baltic countries
NATO will boost its forces on high readiness to "well over 300,000", the head of the alliance @jensstoltenberg says. This will be part of the "biggest overhaul" of NATO's defence since the Cold War, he tells a briefing. It will be agreed at a summit this week
NATO Secretary General: We will continue joint military exercises to strengthen the alliance's defenses
