2 year agoAt 13:48 police of Sweden confirmed that drones have been observed over the Forsmark and Oskarshamn nuclear power plants
2 year agoSwedish Air Force AEW heading east of Öland
2 year agoAll three Russian Baltic Fleet Ropucha-class heavy landing ships departed Baltiysk during this afternoon and evening
2 year agoRussian Ship FORTUNA (Pipelay Crane Vessel, Under sanctions, layed pipes for Nord Stream 2) is tracking near Oland, South-West to Gotland
Guard from Forsmark's nuclear power plant contacted the police when a drone flying over the facility within the protected area. Large drone that withstands wind as it blows hard in the area. Similar also seen over Ringhals, Barsebäck and Oskarshamn at the same time - Police
The Swedish Armed Forces' emergency force - the operational contingency unit - landed on Friday night on Gotland in a large American transport plane in Visby
Swedish military convoy on its way to Nynäshamn
Gazprom will carry out scheduled repairs on the Valdai - Pskov - Riga gas pipeline from January 17 to February 6 to "improve the reliability of supplies"
A top military chief in Sweden said Friday that there is increased Russian activity in the Baltic Sea which "deviates from the normal picture," leading the Scandinavian nation's military to raise its preparedness
2 year agoCombat vehicles roll on the streets of Visby
Lavrov about Finland and Sweden in NATO: the Russian Federation respects the sovereignty of these countries, but it is not respected by those who want to provoke their entry into the alliance
Sweden calls up reserve officers to beef up units in Gotland which raised readiness
2 year agoJens Stoltenberg: A pleasure welcoming President @AlarKaris to NATO. I thanked him for Estonia's important contributions to our shared security & for hosting one of NATO's battlegroups. We discussed Russia & Ukraine, and the need for de-escalation & continued engagement in good faith
Lithuania's government forced contract cancellation between the state-owned Lithuanian Railways and the state-owned Belaruskali potash fertilers manufacturer in Belarus, effective from 1 February. The decision was taken due to national security issues
After the Baltic states joined NATO, the quietest region in Europe turned into a zone of military tension, - Grushko said
The Baltic States are talking to NATO allies about increasing military deployments on their soil to deter Russia, Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas told Reuters on Wednesday before Russian and NATO officials met to try to diffuse tensions
2 year agoTsihanouskaya: Thanked Lithuania President @GitanasNauseda & @LithuanianGovt for helping repressed Belarusians & my Office. We discussed further pressure on the regime
2 year agoA Finnish readiness unit deployed into a snap drill this morning. Scheduled exercise
The Latvian special services have detained two people on suspicion of cooperation with the Russian military intelligence, LETA reported.
Denmark has offered to send four F-16 fighter jets and a frigate to NATO's operations in the Baltic region and northern Europe in response to Russia's troop build-up at Ukraine's border
"It is in our direct interest that the reinforcement of NATO's Eastern Flank took place now and immediately," - Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of @Riigikogu @markomihkelson
Denmark will support the three Baltic countries militarily in case of Russian escalation says Danish Minister of Defence
Contrary to what Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said yesterday, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis told journalists today that before the opening of the Taiwanese Representative Office in Vilnius, all actions were coordinated with the president
Head Of The Taiwanese Representative Office In Lithuania Eric Huang Says Taiwan Will "Take As Much As Possible" Lithuanian Cargo Blocked By China, 120 Containers Already Redirected
Nausėda noted that both Lithuania and Taiwan can open representative offices that do not have diplomatic status, but regretted that "the name of the representative office has become the essential factor that now strongly affects our relations with China"
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda stated in an interview that allowing the Taiwanese office in Vilnius to use the name of Taiwan was "a mistake". According to Nausėda this decision (made by the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry) was not coordinated with him
2 year agoDeputy speaker of the Lithuanian Parliament @Morkunaite comes out swinging for President Nauseda over his expression of regret over the naming of the Taiwanese Representative Office in Vilnius, accusing him of "consistent inconsistency" Translation of FB post
2 year agoUSAF Rivet Joint heading back after a morning of surveillance of Kaliningrad
2 year ago.@SecBlinken spoke Monday with the #Bucharest9 abt Russia's "destabilizing military buildup along Ukraine's border" & "the need for a united, ready, and resolute NATO stance for the collective defense of Allies" per @StateDept
2 year agoUS Army Lasai CL600 ARTEMIS N488CR keeping an eye on Belarus
