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Liettua UM: Liettua toisti voimakkaan vastalauseensa Valko-Venäjälle jatkuvista Liettuan ilmatilan loukkauksista. Liettua pitää Valko-Venäjän instituutioiden tahallista toimimattomuutta hybridi-iskuna ja sulkee valtionrajansa Valko-Venäjän kanssa toistaiseksi.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginene said that, amid the incidents with meteorological balloons, the government has already prepared a decision to close the border with Belarus for an indefinite period

Lithuania MFA: Lithuania delivered a strict protest to Belarus over the latest violation of the Lithuanian air space. Such repeated irresponsible actions are unacceptable and clearly violate international law

NATO airspace was violated by two Russian military aircraft this afternoon. An SU-30 fighter jet and an IL-78 tanker aircraft penetrated the Lithuanian border from the Kaliningrad region. They stayed for about 18 seconds. Spanish Eurofighter jets from the Baltic Air Police took off to confront them.

Liettuan presidentti Gitanas Nausėda on ilmoittanut, että Venäjän sotilaskoneet loukkasivat Liettuan ilmatilaa lyhyesti yöllä, kun Naton Itämeren ilmapoliisioperaation hävittäjiä lähetettiin avaruuteen vastaamaan Venäjän Liettuaan kohdistamaan uhkaan.

Ruotsin pääministeri Ulf Kristersson: Olen ylpeä voidessani toivottaa presidentti Zelenskyin tervetulleeksi Ruotsiin ja Linköpingiin. Tänään allekirjoitimme tärkeän aiesopimuksen, joka on askel kohti suurta mahdollista Gripen-vientisopimusta – todennäköisesti 100–150 hävittäjää – uusien ja erittäin vahvojen Ukrainan ilmavoimien rakentamiseksi. Presidentti Zelenskyi pääsi myös näkemään omin silmin Gripen-hävittäjän vaikuttavat ominaisuudet. Tämä vahvistaa sekä Ukrainaa, Ruotsia että Eurooppaa.

Question: If Russia and Putin attacks Finland, would you defend Finland. TRUMP: Yes I would. They're a member of NATO

Latvia's airspace near the border with Russia and Belarus at altitudes of up to 6 km will be closed at night until Sunday.

Saksan tiedustelutiedustelulla on todisteita siitä, että Kreml keskustelee hyökkäyksestä Natoa vastaan, sanoo EU-komissaari Kubilius.

Yesterday, October 5th, the wing section from a Russian “Shahed/Geran” one-way attack drone was found washed-up on the beach in the Salacgrīva Parish, Limbaži Municipality of Latvia

Alankomaiden pääministeri Dick Schoof ja Liettuan pääministeri Inga Ruginienė olivat saapuneet vierailulle Kiovaan.

Lithuanian authorities reopened the capital's airport after a seven-hour closure following the detection of balloons of unknown origin, causing flight delays and cancellations.

Several planes bound for Vilnius, Lithuania appear to be diverting or circling

Russian warships have repeatedly sailed on collision courses, aimed weapons at Danish naval vessels and disrupted navigation systems in Denmark's straits that connect the Baltic Sea to the North Sea, its defence intelligence service said on Friday

Ten Norwegian soldiers went missing during a military exercise in Sør-Varanger. Five of them were found safe and sound. According to Finnmark County Police, the search for the remaining five soldiers is still ongoing.

President Macron informs, France has dispatched a detachment of 35 troops and a helicopter to reinforce and work jointly with allied Denmark in wake of the drone activity over Copenhagen and other European cities. The troops are adept at counter-drone operations

Several hundred Danish soldiers have been urgently called up for duty in Denmark, TV 2 reports, citing a confidential mobilisation order. The order directly references the recent drone incursions into Danish airspace

Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen says authorities are doing everything possible to identify who is behind the drone incidents in Denmark. “We cannot do more than we are doing right now in terms of mapping and investigating,”

Drones were observed over several Danish army locations last night, according to a press release from the Danish Armed Forces

Norwegian police are investigating a possible drone near Ørland airport in Trøndelag, the country’s main F-35 base. Numerous reports have been received, and the matter is being treated as high priority

Norwegian police confirm they are investigating a possible drone sighting near Ørland airport in Trøndelag. Police say they are receiving many such reports, are taking the matter seriously, and have launched an investigation

Drones observed over multiple military locations in Denmark last night, Danish Armed Forces tell TV2. This includes the Karup Air Base, which is Denmark's largest military workplace. The base houses all of the country's military helicopters

Unidentified drones have been spotted near the Swedish Navy base in the Karlskrona archipelago, SVT reported. Residents of neighboring towns spotted the drones and reported them to local authorities.

Sweden offers anti-drone system to Denmark to protect next week's EU summit in Copenhagen

Danish Prime Minister Frederiksen says that a "hybrid war [is] unfolding on Danish soil" after numerous unidentified drones breached the country's airspace. Frederiksen says that more drones are expected: "I think we are at the beginning of a hybrid war against Europe"

Yhdysvaltalainen virkamies kertoi Al Jazeeralle: Nato-maat työskentelevät tarjotakseen ilmavoimien suorituskykyä, joka parantaa liiton toimintaa osana operaatio Eastern Guardiania.

Latvian ulkoministerin mukaan Tanska on kertonut liittolaisilleen, että viimeaikaisten drooni-iskujen takana on "valtiollinen toimija" - Reuters

Denmark has activated its National Crisis Management System following last night’s drone intrusions by an unknown actor over airports and military airbases across the country, with the National Operational Staff (NOST), which is headed by the Danish National Police and consists of representatives from the Danish Emergency Management Agency (DEMA), Danish Health Authority, Danish Defense Command, Danish Security and Intelligence Service (DSIS), Danish Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Critical Supply Agency, and the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority, to remain assembled 24/7

Two Hungarian Gripen fighters on @NATO Baltic AirPolicing scrambled on 25 Sep from Siauliai in response to a Su-30, Su-35 and 3x MiG-31 flying close to Latvian airspace

Jos Nato ampuu alas venäläisen koneen, se merkitsee sotilaallisen konfliktin alkua, Venäjän Ranskan-suurlähettiläs Aleksei Meškov totesi RTL-radiossa. "Siitä tulee sota", diplomaatti sanoi.