A Latvian diplomat told CNN Wednesday that Latvia, which borders Russia and Belarus, "is ready and willing to host more troops from the US - it's been a long standing topic of discussion with the Pentagon and those discussions are still ongoing
3 year agoThat's another ship coming into the Baltic that can potentially supply gas to the Kaliningrad Oblast if there are any interruptions
Russian warships now sail through the Great Belt, Fehmarnbelt and Kadet Trench in the dark, there are gaps in the accounting
Belarus to restrict railway transportation for goods from Lithuania - Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Russian Western Military district launched air defense drill in Leningrad region with S-400 missile systems
"We are very grateful" per Estonia PM @kajakallas, asked about @POTUS' handling of the Russia-Ukraine standoff "We feel we are also heard in this process"
3 year agoFour Danish F-16s arrived at Siauliai airbase in Lithuania as part of the NATO reinforcement mission in the Baltic
Baltic states condemn Russia's 'continued aggressive actions and threats against Ukraine,' call for troop withdrawal - Lithuanian envoy to UN
Russian citizen arrested for flying a drone over Drottningholm's castle in Sweden
3 year agoAustralia seeks to join the EU's WTO action against China over the PRC's trade strikes on Lithuania
Zelensky hints that if war starts in Ukraine, there will also be Russian provocations against the Baltic states - asks whether NATO will act. "Are they convinced they will be protected, defended - that somebody's going to die for their statehood"
"@NATO is already in the region, we already have assets on the ground in the Black Sea region, in the Baltic region" per SecGen @jensstoltenberg. "We have the high readiness force that can be deployed in days" he says, noting units have already put on heightened readiness
3 year agoBelgian F-16 running a circuit over Estonia near the Russian border
Lukashenka to Lithuanians: God forbid you unleash a war together with other Baltic states - this will mean the end of your statehood and your development
3 year agoBombing exercise of the Su-30SM and Su-24M near Kaliningrad
4 additional Su-30SM2 for Russian Baltic Sea Fleet arrived at Kaliningrad region
"We stand united with Lithuania and defend the ability of countries to make its their own sovereign foreign policy decisions," said a @StateDept spokesperson
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said the US is “deeply concerned by PRC’s de facto ban on Lithuanian imports and third-country imports with Lithuanian inputs.”#China's ban is aimed at pressuring #Lithuania after it became the 1st European country since 2003 to allow #Taiwan to open an office.
3 year agoF-16s aerial activity over Estonia
Two Swedish jets Jas 39 Gripen scrambled from Gotland about an hour ago, sonic booms heard in Umeå
3 year ago"Helsinki Air Defense governmentnt's preparedness unit in stations in the Capital region." Looks like Finland is running readiness tests of their AD systems
Finland's PM Marin says important for Finland to keep the possibility to enter NATO alliance if its parliament decides to apply
Lithuania says US has deployed F-15 fighters to an Estonian airbase
3 year ago.@usairforce F-15s have landed at Amari Air Base, Estonia and Danish F-16s will arrive at Siauliai Air Base, Lithuania tomorrow to bolster the forces already deployed under the long established @NATO Air Policing mission
3 year agoAt least 3 @FinnishAirForce F/A-18 Hornets flying in formation with United States Air Force KC-135R over Finland yesterday: 62-3551 as QID11
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda signed the law on the spelling of surnames
Latvian MoD: Russia's Defence Ministry declines Latvian OSCE inspection in Russia and publishes false statements about arrival of Latvian inspectors
3 year agoSwedish Air Force Saab S100D Argus C604 active over Gotland
Psaki on additional US troops to eastern flank NATO allies: "We have never ruled out the option of providing additional assistance in advance of an invasion. Those discussions have been ongoing"
3 year agoMassive interference at the weather radar Gotland
