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On February 11, 2025 at 2:09 p.m. in the eastern part of the Bay of Gdansk, there was a violation of airspace over the territorial waters of the Republic of Poland by a Su-24MR aircraft of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The aircraft, which flew from the Kaliningrad, violated Polish airspace to a maximum depth of 6.5 km and stayed there for 1 minute and 12 seconds.

Finska utrikesministeriet kallar rysk ambassadör i samband med att ryska flygplan bryter mot luftgränserna i Finska viken

Ordförande för @EU_kommissionen Ursula von der Leyen: Idag ansluter vi de baltiska staterna till det kontinentaleuropeiska elnätet. Vi klipper de sista kvarvarande förbindelserna med Ryssland. Äntligen frihet från hot och utpressning. Det här är en historisk dag

Ett tankfartyg med eldningsolja sjunker i hamnen i Ust-Luga i Leningrad-regionen - regional transportavdelning för utredningskommittén. Det finns 130 tusen ton bränsle ombord. Det finns inga skador på det sjunkande fartyget i Leningrad-regionen, inga skadade

Lithuania: Baltic states complete disconnection from Russian energy grid

Finland's defense ministry says a Russian plane violated Finnish airspace "for a few minutes."

Russia is concerned about NATO's plans to turn the Baltic into an internal sea of the Alliance. In this regard, Putin discusses the development of the Kaliningrad region with the Security Council

NATO is trying to blockade Russia in the Baltic Sea and paralyze the work of ports in the Leningrad and Kaliningrad regions, said Russian presidential aide and Chairman of the Russian Maritime Collegium Nikolai Patrushev.

Police: At least 10 people killed in school shooting, including suspect. Number of injured not yet clear. Motive unknown but no indication of terrorism.

At least 5 people shot at school in Örebro, Sweden - police

Norway police stop ship with Russian crew in connection with Latvia-Sweden cable damage

A ship has been seized after the cable break between Gotland and Latvia. The Coast Guard is on site at a Malta-registered ship outside Karlskrona

Swedish PM: There is information suggesting that at least one data cable between Sweden and Latvia has been damaged in the Baltic Sea. The cable is owned by a Latvian entity. I have been in close contact with my Latvian counterpart, Prime Minister Evika Siliņa, during the day. Sweden, Latvia and NATO are closely cooperating on the matter. Sweden will contribute with relevant capabilities to the effort to investigate the suspected incident.

Swedish prosecutors requested the detention of a Swedish man on suspicion of terrorism crimes over the ISIS killing of a Jordanian Air Force pilot, Mouath al-Kasaesbeh, in Syria a decade ago, they said on Monday

Hundreds of Swedish forces arrive in Latvia in largest deployment with NATO to date

Lithuania will lift defence spending to between 5% & 6% of GDP from 2026 up from just over 3% now

Försvarsmaktens minister: Natten mellan onsdag och torsdag var ett franskt Atlantique 2 maritimt patrullflygplan målet för ryska skrämselåtgärder. Den patrullerade internationellt luftrum över Östersjön, som en del av en Nato-operation, och belystes av eldledningsradarn från ett S400 mark-till-luft försvarssystem. Denna aggressiva ryska aktion är inte acceptabel. Våra väpnade styrkor kommer att fortsätta att agera för att försvara navigeringsfriheten i internationella luft- och maritima utrymmen.

Estonia and the other Baltic States believe Russia is likely trying to test/punish them for their decision to completely decouple from the Russian energy grid in February. Estonian PM @KristenMichalPM says nothing can deter this. "Russia is not a reliable partner," he says

Finnish Pres @alexstubb says no malign actor wanna-be should have any doubt: "Finns will act." The seizure of the Eagle S shadow-fleet tanker will now "be a benchmark we should follow", says Estonian PM @KristenMichalPM following talks of Baltic Sea leaders

Rutte says stepped-up action in the Baltic Sea "cannot wait for some summit" (like that in his home country in June). He says NATO will get "Baltic Sentry" up and running in the next couple of months

Rutte says the "alliance will not accept" these kind of hybrid attacks any more. "We will fight back," he emphasizes. "When it comes to kinetic warfare we are safe," he says, "but my biggest fear is that in 4 or 5 years we are not."

After talks in Helsinki, NATO chief Mark Rutte announces the launch of "Baltic Sentry", a new alliance initiative under the command of SACEUR Cavoli to increase surveillance and controls on ships traveling through NATO and international waters

Estonian Prime Minister @KristenMichalPM says Estonian officials have been regularly boarding ships passing through their waters to see if they're carrying proper insurance. He says many of are ticking environmental bombs

Following a meeting among Baltic Sea leaders and NATO chief Rutte, Finnish President @alexstubb lists a number of results, including more ships in a NATO patrol and a primer for other countries on how Helsinki navigated the December seizure of the Eagle S so others may follow

A Panama-flagged oil tanker, the “Eventin,” became disabled north of Rügen island in the Baltic Sea, carrying 99,000 tons of oil. No environmental threat or danger to the crew. It was en route from Ust-Luga (Russia) to Port Said (Egypt). Tow operation underway

The Panamanian-flagged oil tanker "Eventin" (274m long and 48m wide) has gotten immobile off the Baltic Sea island of Rügen (Germany). The ship carries 99,000 tonnes of oil. According to Greenpeace, it is part of Russia's Shadow Fleet

Finnish Police confiscates the Eagle S tanker and it is currently being moved to Kilpilahti oil harbor in Porvoo with the help of tugs. Transfer operation has started on Saturday around 10:50 am

Russian-linked tanker 'Eagle S' suspected of cutting undersea energy cables between NATO members Finland and Estonia now also suspected of: a) carrying sanction busting Russian oil ('Shadow Fleet') and b) being used as a covert intelligence ship

Mark Rutte: Talade med @alexstubb om den pågående finskledda utredningen om möjligt sabotage av undervattenskablar. Jag uttryckte min fulla solidaritet och mitt stöd. Nato kommer att stärka sin militära närvaro i Östersjön

Finnish authorities said Thursday that they were investigating an oil tanker that sailed from a Russian port for the "sabotage" of a power cable linking Finland and Estonia that was damaged the previous day