Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered 800 U.S. troops to the Baltic region and eight F-35 fighter jets to NATO's eastern flank. Senior U.S. defense official said 20 AH-64 attack helicopters moving to Baltics and 12 helicopters to Poland
The Pentagon: 20 Apache attack helicopters will move from Germany to the Baltic region
Biden "In response to Russia's admission that it will not withdraw its forces from Belarus, I have authorized the additional movements of U.S. forces and equipment already stationed in Europe, to strengthen our Baltic allies Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
German Defense Minister: We are ready to send more troops and aircraft to Lithuania
Estonia's President - who is visiting Ukraine's President in Kyiv - says a "threat to Ukraine is a threat to the security of Europe". Alar Karis says the door must stay open for Ukraine to join NATO and the European Union. "You belong in Europe"
.@SecDef on Russia around Ukraine "They are uncoiling and are now poised to strike"
Defense Sec Austin: "I agree with President Biden that [Putin] has made his decision"
US Defense Secretary: We hope that Putin will retreat from the brink of conflict
2 year agoDefense Minister of Ukraine: today we got Javelins from our friends,neighbors&partners-Estonia
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris told Baltic leaders that Washington is considering reinforcing their states militarily as Ukraine-Russia crisis grows, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said on Friday
2 year agoUSAF B52s heading towards Kaliningrad/Baltic Sea
2 year agoThe two United States Air Force Boeings B-52H Stratofortress have made their way to Denmark together. Currently over Denmark Aalborg. 61-0003 ZEUS51 AE589A and 61-0018 ZEUS52 AE58A7
2 year agoFirst German-led NATO enhanced Forward Presence battle group reinforcement military vehicles arrive to Rukla military base, in Lithuania February 17, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins
2 year agoMinistry of Defense of Estonia: Russia is ready for war - Russian intel has compiled a list of targets in Ukraine in order to paralyse UA self-defence
British troops and tanks have began leaving Sennelager in Germany and bases in the UK and are now on their way to Estonia to reinforce Nato allies
"In our assessment, the Russian Armed Forces are ready to embark on a full-scale military operation against Ukraine from the second half of February" per assessment from Estonia Foreign Intelligence Service
Estonian PM @kajakallas tells "We haven't seen any deescalation yet" by Russia. "We believe it when we see it but we don't see it right now," she says, echoing NATO Sec-Gen @jensstoltenberg
2 year agoUK to send "small number" of troops to Lithuania to support with intelligence, surveillance & reconnaissance. It follows the deployment in December of small team to scout out what support UK military could offer at time of crisis for Lithuania with Belarus over migrant crossings
German troops arrive in Kaunas to reinforce Germany's NATO Ally Lithuania amid tensions over Russia's military buildup on Ukraine's borders, large scale joint Russo-Belarusian military drills in Belarus
2 year agoAdditional German troops arrived in Lithuania today to reinforce the Lithuania @BG_LTU_eFP in Rukla
2 year agoLithuania has provided Ukraine with Stinger MANPADS
2 year agoAnother NATO C-17A Globemaster III flying from Siauliai, Lithuania, to Kyiv Boryspil Airport, Ukraine, ACARS suggests: 01/BRK88. This flight may contain military support by Lithuania
2 year agoBoeing C17A Globemaster III Siauliai-Kyiv
Finnish DefMin has approved the acquisition of Extended-Range Guided MLRS rockets with unitary and fragmenting warheads for M270s
2 year agoTuesday was a busy day @BeAirForce in support of @NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic Region. Our F16 aircraft intercepted four Su-30SM FLANKERS and were later called upon for one Tu-154 CARELESS as they did not follow int'l flight regulations and approached NATO airspace
2 year agoCanadian Armed Forces C-17A Globemaster III CFC4037 en route to Lviv Ukraine from Riga Latvia
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia filed a formal transparency request under the OSCE rules for Minsk to disclose Belarus-Russia military exercise information as a confidence-building measure
2 year agoLatvian Air Force Patrolling over Belarusian border
Denmark plans to allow US troops on its soil: PM
2 year agoToday, at least 21 NATO and Swedish ISR aircraft flew collection sorties over Europe: USN P-8As (2 PL09x, 4 PK09x, 4 PS09x); USAF RC-135W (JAKE11), RC-135V (HOMER31), E-8C (REDEYE6); US Army RC-12Xs (YANK01, YANK02), ARTEMIS (BRIO68)
