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Lithuania Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas stepped down following investigations into his business dealings that prompted protests in the Baltic country’s capital calling for his resignation

Estonia Summons Russia's envoy After Sea Border Breach. The Estonian army said in a statement that an unauthorized Russian border guard vessel briefly entered the country's territorial waters by up to half a kilometre on Sat

An Emergency Alert has been declared this morning throughout the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, after an unknown drone, believed to likely be Russian, crossed into the country from Belarus and was spotted earlier over the city, with a mass search for the drone currently underway by the Lithuanian Police Force and Armed Forces. Residents are asked to report any further sighting or possible landing sites to authorities in Vilnius

Ryssland stänger polska konsulatet i Kaliningrad — Ryska utrikesministeriet

På torsdagen flög en drönare av Shahed-typ in i Litauen från Vitryssland och kraschade, men utan last.

Several people have been stabbed near the Ratina shopping center in Tampere, the police say. Police have arrested one person

Swedish maritime authority just posted maybe their most extensive interference warning to date. Even radar is now seeing interference, besides more familiar GNSS, AIS and DGPS. Radar is the single most important navigational aid on ships, particularly in cases of lost GPS/GNSS

Trump: Det är möjligt att Putin har territoriella ambitioner utanför Ukraina

NATO-toppmötets deklaration från Haag

NATO-medlemmarna bekräftar sitt "orubbliga" engagemang för kollektivt försvar.

Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya with her released husband Sergei Tsikhanouski, as well as Sergei Sheleg, Igor Korney, Natalia Dulina, and Kirill Balakhonov at the US Embassy in Vilnius

Finland's parliament voted in favour of withdrawing the country from the Ottawa Convention that bans the use of anti-personnel landmines amid concerns over a military threat posed by Russia

Reuters, citing the Finnish Defense Ministry: A Russian military aircraft is suspected of violating our airspace.

Around 30 telecom towers along Sweden’s E22 highway have been deliberately sabotaged in recent weeks, with cables cut and equipment damaged but nothing stolen. Police suspect the same actor is behind most incidents, and the national security service is monitoring the situation. The attacks, gathered in a narrow geographic area, have triggered crisis responses but caused limited service disruption. Authorities believe the sabotage may be a way to test Sweden’s response capabilities, and the trend is seen as part of a broader rise in threats to critical infrastructure

Ukraina inbjuden till NATO-toppmötet i Haag, - Zelenskyj

Zelenskyj: Träffade Rumäniens nye president Nicusor Dan för första gången och gratulerade honom till valsegern.

Zelenskyj: Träffade Polens president Andrzej Duda. Vi diskuterade bilaterala relationer, diplomatiskt arbete och vikten av att sätta press på Ryssland för att få till stånd en rättvis fred. Vi har också ömsesidigt fördelaktiga ekonomiska projekt.

President Zelenskyj deltar i toppmötet i Vilnius mellan de nio nordiska länderna i Bukarest.

Russia's Baltic Fleet: Launches maneuvers in the Baltic Sea with the participation of more than 20 ships, 3,000 troops, and 25 aircraft and helicopters.

Interfax: Russian forces begin major maneuvers in the Baltic Sea

Merz: Hybrid attacks, severed cables, and damaged pipelines in the Baltic Sea threaten our common security. We are preparing ourselves with our Nordic partners. This shows that Europe stands together. Germany plays a role.

Russian Foreign Ministry: Finnish naval exercises are becoming an instrument of NATO escalation near the Russian border

REPORTER: On Russia, are you worried about the reports of a military buildup along the borders of Finland and Norway. TRUMP: No. I don't worry about that at all

Den ryska flottan har gripit en oljetanker som lämnat en estnisk hamn. Enligt det estniska utrikesministeriet lämnade tankern Green Admire, som seglar under liberiansk flagg, hamnen i Sillamae i östra Estland för Rotterdam i Nederländerna, men gripits av ryska myndigheter.

Finnish Air Force: A Finnish Air Force F-18 Hornet fighter jet crashed. The pilot ejected and has been located.

Litauens huvudstad Vilnius presenterade idag en evakueringsplan i händelse av krig, eftersom den baltiska nationen oroar sig för att terrorstaten Ryssland kan rikta in sig på den nästa efter invasionen av Ukraina

Den ryska regeringen har sagt upp avtal med Norge, Sverige och Finland om samarbete i Barentsregionen

Russia says Estonia's seizure of Russia-bound oil tanker poses risks to Baltic shipping and security

Estonia has detained a tanker belonging to Russia's shadow fleet. The vessel was sailing under the flag of Djibouti, but it turned out that the tanker was not in any register. The Estonian Defense Forces have detained a tanker near the island of Aegna. The vessel KIWALA was used to transport crude oil and was heading to the Russian port of Ust-Luga, sailing along Estonian territorial waters. There were 24 people on board, including the captain, a Chinese citizen, and presumably Mauritanian citizens.

Finnish Prime Minister: Russia will remain a threat to all of Europe