2 year agoA Russian MiG-31K carrying a Kinzhal missile was spotted landing at the Kaliningrad Chkalovsk airbase on February 7
Lithuania raised the level of combat readiness in connection with the Russian-Belarusian exercises
Germany to boost troop deployment in Lithuania amid Ukraine tensions: minister
Latest US intel warning abt possible Russia military invasion of Ukraine - "We take all these signs very seriously" Latvia DefMin @Pabriks tells @gmfus
2 year agoNATO battlegroup in Estonia wrapped up largest winter exercise. Around 1,400 NATO troops took part in exercise Winter Camp, testing their infantry and armour capabilities against harsh winter conditions
2 year agoUS Army CL600 ARTEMIS BRIO68 active near Kaliningrad
Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht does not rule out sending more Bundeswehr soldiers to Lithuania. Around 600 Bundeswehr soldiers are already stationed in the country on NATO's eastern flank
U.S. scrambles F-15s from Estonia to intercept Russian fighter jets over Baltic Sea Thurs: NATO
2 year ago.@usairforce F-15Es intercepted Russian fighters operating near Allied air space over the Baltic Sea while @Luftforsvaret @RoyalAirForce intercepted Russian aircraft flying from the Barents to the North Sea on Feb 3
Estonia introduces additional sanctions on the transit of oil products from Belarus. "We decided to introduce additional sanctions from Estonia, which will put goods under the code 2707 under sanctions," @kajakallas said
Swedish Public Health Agency says COVID19 no longer a "socially dangerous disease," all restrictions to be lifted
Finnish Air Force executed surveillance of territorial integrity flight to Gulf of Finland this morning at ~10am local time. Loud flight noise heard in SE Finland
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
2 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"
2 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
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.
