2 year agoYesterday, F16 @beairforce, currently deployed in the Baltic Region to safeguard the integrity of @NATO airspace, intercepted Russian Flanker Jets flying without flight plan
Sweden MFA: Deeply concerning escalation by Russia in Kerch Strait. Russia must stop its provocative behaviour and allow for maritime transport in accordance with international law. Welcome discussion in UNSC on how to avoid further escalation.
Dalia Grybauskaitė: Strongly condemn Russian aggression against Ukraine. Capture of Ukrainian vessels in #KerchStrait - another blatant violation of international law and Russia's own commitments.
Lithuania MFA Linas Linkevicius: Strongly condemn Russia's move to physically block Kerch Strait and ramming of Ukrainian boat. Cannot be qualified differently than an act of aggression and another blatant violation of international maritime law. Such actions undermine security of the whole region.
2 year agoPresident of Latvia Raimonds Vējonis has visited Joint Forces operation area in Eastern Ukraine
2 year agoLithuanian Army's new 'Vilkas' Boxer IFV during Lithuania independence parade in Vilnius, not long until official handover after extensive testing by ARTEC in Germany.
2 year ago2 Russian SU-24 bombers fly low over @TheBelgianNavy ship Godetia in Baltic Sea with 'dirty wings' (bombs under wings). Godetia is command ship
2 year agoUSAF RQ-4B GlobalHawk 11-2047 FORTE10 operating near Kaliningrad at 51,000 ft
Lithuanian Parliament votes 88-0 to immediately consider withdrawing from Interpol, along with other democratic countries, if Russian candidate Prokopchuk is elected as head of Interpol
Finland says disruption of GPS signal disruption during @NATO exercise came from Russia.
2 year agoBelgian Air Force F16AM MA02 FA119 active over Estonia - Baltic Air Policing. 1104z
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Finland's GPS was disrupted during NATO war games and Russia could be responsible: PM
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Yet another attempt to discredit @NATO: Lithuanian news portal @kaunas_events experiences a cyber attack that spread the article titled 'NATO is plotting to invade Belarus'.
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Poland's state company PGNiG signed 24-year deal for US LNG from American supplier Cheniere. PGNiG says US LNG is 20-30% cheaper than Russian gas.
2 year agoBGPOL officially begins NATO eFP's joint training exercise, ANAKONDA.
2 year agoLithuania welcomes 3500 troops, including LT Iron Wolf brigade and @NATO eFP troops, from 14 countries for the next 2 weeks: exercise IronWolf seeks to assess the readiness to plan/implement defensive mil operations and test interoperability with allies.
Near Latvian exclusive maritime economical zone Latvian armed forces identified Russian Bira class supply vessel and "Ivan Antonov" ship
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Medvedev scoffed when asked if Russia had been preparing landing zones for military helicopters on Finnish islands.
Latvian armed forces identified Russian AN-26 over Baltic Sea near Latvian territorial waters
2 year agoTanks from Across NATO conducted live firing in Latvia as part of Exercise Furious Axe and NATO's enhanced Forward Presence and reassuring allies in the region
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2 year agoRussia unveils Iskander (SS-26) missiles in broad daylight, after President Putin's threat to "target European countries if they host US nuclear missiles".