2 year agoCrude oil tanker Alexia on fire at Baltic Sea, en route from Russia to Turkey. Finnish rescue responding. Estonian rescue responsibility zone so they are in command
Lithuania's Minister of National Defence: As Russia's military mobilisation will also take place near our borders, (Kaliningrad region), Lithuania's Rapid Reaction Force is being put on high alert to prevent any provocation from Russia
Lithuania: We decided to raise the degree of military readiness after the announcement of mobilization in Russia
Latvian Foreign Minister: We will consult with allies on joint action in response to the military mobilization announced by Russia
2 year agoToday Poland will launch a new waterway to the Baltic Sea - exactly on the 83rd anniversary of the Soviet invasion of the country. The new canal is designed to allow ships to enter the Polish port of Elbląg without passing through the Russian Strait of Baltiysk
2 year ago.@USNavy Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) with embarked Marines assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) entered Port of Gdynia to replenish supplies and for crew rest
Car ferry carrying 300 people ablaze off Sweden coast: authorities
The construction of the physical barrier on the Lithuania-Belarus border has been completed, EPSO-G, the company in charge of the project, told BNS today. The barrier, consisting of fence and cutting wire, covers about 502 km. More than 100 km of the border are rivers and lake shores
FSB reports detaining supporter of Azov in Kaliningrad region, plot to blown up objects of Baltic Sea Fleet foiled, 5kgs of TNT seized
The Russian Embassy sent a note of protest to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia in connection with the demolition of the monument to Soviet soldiers in Riga
The Finnish Ministry of Defense says it is investigating two Russian fighters who violated Finnish airspace
The Russian Defense announces the arrival of three MiG-31 aircraft equipped with hypersonic "Kinzhal" missiles to the "Chkalovsk" base in the Kaliningrad region
Minister of Defense of Ukraine: 6 more M109 howitzers that have recently arrived in Ukraine from Latvia are already showing results on the battlefield. I'm sincerely grateful to my Latvia colleague @Pabriks & the people of Latvia for their unwavering support. Together we will win
Ministry of National Defense: Deputy Prime Minister @mblaszczak: Our task is to build an army so strong that the aggressor does not dare to attack Poland
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
