3 years agoRussian Federation Council: We will strengthen our military presence on the border with Finland if it joins NATO
3 years agoRussia aircraft violate Finnish airspace near Lake Karelia and Finnish F-18 aircraft scrambled
3 years ago.@SecBlinken says he is "very confident that we will reach consensus" on Finland and Sweden joining NATO despite Turkey's indications that they would not currently support their membership
3 years ago German Foreign Minister Baerbock: Germany will use accelerated procedure to ratify the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO
3 years agoWhite House says Biden spoke with Finland President and Sweden PM over their bid to join NATO
3 years ago NATO Secretary General @jensstoltenberg welcomes "the joint statement by President @niinisto and Prime Minister @MarinSanna supporting an application for NATO membership without delay. This is a sovereign decision by Finland, which NATO fully respects
3 years ago Finland joining NATO 'would not be against anyone', its president says
3 years ago UK and Sweden sign mutual security deal, pledging support if either country comes under attack amid Ukraine Russian War
3 years ago Lithuanian Parliament just adopted a resolution (unanimously.): - recognizing that Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and its people is considered as genocide; - naming Russia a terrorist state
3 years ago British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has made clear that Britain would defend Finland and Sweden if either of the countries were attacked regardless of NATO membership
3 years ago U.S. would be able to provide more military aid to Sweden and Finland ahead of accession to the NATO alliance if they are threatened by Russia: Pentagon
3 years agoGitanas Nausėda: Together with @AndrzejDuda, @valstsgriba & @KadriSimson launched newly built gas pipeline connecting Lithuania & Poland. It's a big day for the energy independence & resilience of the Baltic region. Together we say NO to Russian gas, NO to Russian oil, NO to financing the war
3 years agoThe Home Guard on Gotland is trained in anti-tank missiles 57 NLAW
3 years ago Estonian Internal Security Service: Russia's unprovoked war in Ukraine was preceded by systematic and long term incitement of hatred. We take this threat very seriously. Today Estonia expelled Russian citizen and long-time provocateur Alexey Esakov
3 years agoRussian Mil Mi-17 violated Finnish airspace today before midday
3 years agoOn 03/05, 2 M2000-5F France deployed in Estonia as part of the NATO eAP air policing mission took off on alert to accompany 3 aircraft operating near Baltic airspace.
3 years agoWhite House on Sweden and Finland potentially joining Nato: President Biden has always supported 'open door policy' of the alliance, Psaki says
3 years agoFinnish media reporting that Finland will officially apply to join NATO on May 12
3 years ago Croatian President Zoran Milanović said that the country will block Finland's membership in NATO until the election law in Bosnia and Herzegovina is changed
3 years ago The Russian Federation declares three employees of the Swedish Embassy in Moscow persona non grata, - the Foreign Ministry said
3 years ago Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs closes the consulates of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia in St. Petersburg
3 years ago Germany will stop importing oil from Russia by the end of the year, said German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock after a meeting with her Baltic counterparts on Wednesday
3 years agoFinland is shipping a third military aid shipment to Ukraine. No details are provided about the contents of the shipment, but equipment sent has been coordinated with Ukraine to fit their needs
3 years agoMode S 007617 28514 C/S UAV active near StPetersburg
3 years agoA new batch of hardware arrived on the Eastern flank. M777 howitzers, LAV 6.0s, and other equipment were unloaded at the Port of Riga for transport to the NATO's enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) battlegroup in Latvia.
3 years agoThe Baltic Fleet Steregushchiy's Soobrazitelnyy and Stoikiy, and the tug Viktor Konetskiy, passed the Great Belt southbound today, returning to the Baltic. Photos: Kurt Pedersen / Facebook group: Under Broen
3 years ago The Russian Foreign Ministry warns of "consequences" if Finland and Sweden join NATO
3 years agoBelarusian border guards claimed shooting down quadcopter at the border with Lithuania yesterday evening
3 years ago The Lithuanian Defense Minister called the Russian threat strange, stressing that the international community is well aware that Russian nuclear weapons are already in the Kaliningrad Oblast
3 years ago Deputy secretary of Russian Security council Medvedev threatens to deploy nuclear weapons in Baltic Sea region in case of Finland and Sweden join NATO
