During Exercise Griffin Lightning in Lithuania, around 600 German soldiers are training in close cooperation with the Lithuanian armed forces
1 year agoOne million 155mm shells. That's what Estonia wants the EU to finance quickly with €4B for joint procurement of ammunition for Ukraine and refilling European arsenals. Foreign Minister @UrmasReinsalu will present counterparts with the proposal today at the FAC
1 year agoOver the weekend, 2 of German Eurofighters took off from Ämari Air Base in Estonia . They identified a Russian AN 124-100
Blinken: NATO should expand and Finland and Sweden should join the alliance
Minsk, in response to the closure of the Bobrovniki border checkpoint by Warsaw, decided to restrict the entry of Polish trucks into Belarus. Now they can enter only through the Belarusian-Polish section of the border.
Stoltenberg reiterates what he said at DefMin: "It's Turkey's decision alone." Cavusoglu says he does expect Erdogan to handle Finland's ratification separately from Sweden's. He acknowledges "positive steps" but says "Sweden's obligations have not been fully fulfilled
1 year agoNATO chief Stoltenberg, visiting Turkey, says his position remains that both Finland and Sweden have done everything they pledged to get Ankara's approval for membership. He reiterated the line that it's more important both are ratified ASAP than whether it happens together
1 year agoLukashenka promises a response after Poland and Lithuania had closed some border crossings with Belarus
Two Dutch F-35 jets have "remotely escorted" a Russian spy plane and two fighters which crossed into Polish airspace, Netherlands says. Royal Dutch Air Force is carrying out Nato's air policing mission in Poland. First time such intervention made since Ukraine conflict began - BBC
1 year agoRight now at the border checkpoint with Lithuania, the Workers Movement activists and the diaspora are blocking trucks with cargo from Hrodna Azot, a Belarusian factory under sanctions. The activists want to bring attention to sanction avoidance, which the EU allows
1 year agoThe "Edge Autonomy" unmanned aerial vehicle production building caught fire in Mārupe. Eyewitness video shared on social media shows the building burning with open flames. A large rescue force is involved in the extinguishing. Residents are advised to stay away from smoke
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Latvian Prime Minister: We are ready militarily to repel any attack targeting the Baltic states
Norway says to buy 54 new generation Leopard 2 tanks, to replace older versions
Colonel-General Sergey Kuzovlev became new commander of Russian Southern Military district and Lieutenant-General Evgeniy Nikiforov became new commander of Western Military district
Latvia expelling Russian Ambassador
Russian Baltic Sea Fleet conducting combat readiness exercises
Russia expels Estonian ambassador. "Downgrading Diplomatic Relations"
Statement of French and German defence ministers: "To develop the capacity of both armies to deploy together, to project two Franco-German battalions from the Franco-German Brigade for exercises in Romania & Lithuania, and to conduct a bilateral naval exercise in the Indo-Pacific in 2024
President Zelensky: Sincerely grateful to the Government of Sweden and @SwedishPM for the new military assistance package to Ukraine. CV90 IFVs, Archer self-propelled howitzers and NLAW ATGMs are powerful weapons that Ukrainian army needs to liberate our land from the Russian invader. Together to a common victory
Explosion hits gas pipeline between Lithuania and Latvia - nearby village will be evacuated
1 year agoLithuania: Report of Gas pipeline blast in northern Lithuania, 250 people told to evacuate -The affected pipeline supplies gas to northern part of Lithuania and delivers gas to Latvia. -The incident may cause disruptions of gas supply to Latvia as well as northern Lithuania
1 year agoPresidents of Lithuania and Poland pay an unexpected visit to Lviv
1 year ago@RFERL Belarus opened office in Vilnius
Sweden can't meet Turkey's demands for NATO bid: PM
Russia expelled employee of embassy of Lithuania in Moscow
1 year agoMinistry of Defense of Latvia: On Sunday, December 25, shots were fired in the direction of Latvian peacekeepers while conducting a domestic patrol in Kosovo. There are no victims in the incident. Kosovo Police and @NATO_KFOR Military Police have opened an investigation
Latvia has cancelled Russian exiled channel Dozhd TV's licence to broadcast after a presenter suggested the channel was encouraging donations of supplies for Russian troops
Scholz: The Nordstream incident underscores the need for a comprehensive reassessment of infrastructure security
German Chancellor: We hope Finland and Sweden will formally join NATO by the next NATO meeting
