Russian Baltic Fleet launched drill with helicopters and Bastion anti-ship missile complexes
8 month agoDrones sighted in south Sweden. Between 22 and 03 last night night large drones were reported over Malmö airport, inactive nuclear power plant Barsebäck, strategic port Ystad and hamlet Svedala. Police is investigating in cooperation with armed forces
9 month agoSweden becomes NATO’s 32nd member
Two B1B bombers have been deployed to an air base in northern Sweden, where they will cooperate not only with the Swedish armed forces, but with all allies in the region
Two dead after a fire in Nässjö, according to the police; Homicide investigation started
Hungary ratifies Sweden's NATO bid
9 month agoPutin signed a decree on reorganisation of military districts, occupied parts of Ukraine will be included into Southern Military District, and Western Military District split into Leningrad and Moscow Military districts
9 month ago"We don't agree on everything," Swedish PM Kristersson says, standing next to his Hungarian counterpart, but he says Sweden and Hungary have agreed on deepening cooperation as they will "soon be allies." Stockholm expects parliamentary/govt approval Monday for NATO accession
9 month ago2 Mirage 2000-5 took off from Šiauliai Air Base under NATO orders to conduct a visual identification of a Il-78 that was flying over international waters off the coast
9 month agoToday Sweden announced the largest support package to Ukraine yet. Package 15 will be worth 7,1 billion SEK (~$683 mln), bringing combined value of military assistance to Ukraine to 30 billion SEK. (~$2,9 bln)
Hungary to vote on Swedish NATO bid on Monday, says ruling party— AFP
Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs put Prime Minister of Estonia Kaja Kallas on the wanted list
Finland Yle projection: Stubb to win presidential election. Stubb 51,4% Haavisto 48,6%
Finland presidential election: Haavisto concedes defeat
Donald Trump has said he would "encourage" Russia to attack any Nato member that fails to pay its bills as part of the Western military alliance
The Finnish government extends the closure of the border with the Russian Federation until April 14 - Ministry of Internal Affairs
U.S. Ambassador to Hungary: Representatives of 16 NATO Allies attended today’s extraordinary session of Hungary’s Parliament to consider Sweden’s NATO accession. Not in attendance: a single member of Hungary’s ruling party
10 month agoOrbán’s MPs didn’t show up in Hungary’s parliament to vote on’s NATO accession - no quorum, no vote
Prime Minister of Finland: We will not reopen the borders with Russia at the present time because the danger coming from its side still exists
Estonian Prime Minister: European Union leaders must approve the aid plan for Ukraine
Swedish police say the bomb squad will dispose of a suspicious object found near the Israeli embassy in Stockholm.
Finland has quietly filled its wartime stockpiles and is activating some of the so-called “production reservation agreements” which means that companies produce at the armed forces’ request what is needed for logistics
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had a telephone conversation with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
The North Atlantic Alliance's plans to hold Steadfast Defender 2024 exercises near Russian borders are provocative, increase the risk of military incidents and could lead to tragic consequences for Europe, - Russian Foreign Ministry
One of the two energy cables of the EstLink 2 system connecting Estonia with Finland has failed. This was reported by the Estonian state television and radio portal ERR.
Putin's trip to Kaliningrad is not a "message" to NATO countries, it is casual visit to the region, - Kremlin's spokesperson
Orbán’s number two and parliament speaker László Kövér says that he himself opposes Sweden’s NATO accession and hints that Fidesz MPs won’t support the opposition’s proposal for an extraordinary parliamentary session on the ratification
The US Ambassador to Turkey: Erdogan may sign the ratification of Sweden's accession to NATO within a few days
The Turkish Parliament approves Sweden's membership in NATO
10 month agoNATO CMC Bauer says Swedish Commander-in-Chief Micael Bydén "was right" to warn citizens there to "prepare for war." He emphasizes even countries inside the alliance need to adopt the Nordic "whole-of-society" approach. "It's not a given that we are in peace," he says
