2 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
2 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
2 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
2 year ago.@StateDept
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.
2 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
2 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
2 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
2 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
2 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"
2 year agoMassive interference at the weather radar Gotland
2 year agoNATO chief Stoltenberg thanks Sweden for reinforcing its military presence on Gotland as added security for NATO allies on the Baltic Sea
2 year agoLatvia has asked its citizens not to travel to Ukraine -Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics
NATO Secretary General @jensstoltenberg's met today with Foreign Ministers @Haavisto of Finland and @AnnLinde of Sweden
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia: Very good exchange between @SecBlinken and EU Foreign Ministers on the current crisis in Europe. I appreciate level of transatlantic coordination and US commitment to Europe's security. We must help Ukraine and counter Russia's aggressive behaviour
Two corvettes of the Russian Baltic Fleet left Baltiysk for a long-range exercise
Lithuanian Foreign Minister: Any sanctions imposed on Russia must be harsh
2 year ago2x USAF KC135R RCH051/52 from NAS NAS Jacksonville to Europe
Starting January 24 to 29, Latvian inspectors will check Russian military facilities in the Smolensk and Bryansk regions, - head of the Russian National Center for Nuclear Risk Reduction Ryzhkov
2 year ago3 x USAF C130J HKY729/731/732 to Tallin Estonia
