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CONFLICT29m agoUkrainian electronic warfare apparently knocked a Russian attack drone off course and into Lithuanian airspace, the country’s president saysMeduza [en]
POLITICS1h agoKremlin’s frozen assets in Europe will never be returned to Russia — SikorskiRussian sovereign assets frozen in Europe will never be returned to Russia and could eventually be used as war reparations or to help rebuild Ukraine.Ukrinform [en]
MILITARY4h agoDrone shot down over Lithuania identified as Russian GerberaThe Russian Gerbera drone shot down over central Lithuania on Tuesday morning was likely heading toward Ukraine but was diverted from its course by the effects of Ukrainian electronic warfare systems.Ukrinform [en]
MILITARY5h agoRussian drone found off Poland’s coast carried explosive warhead, prosecutor saysInvestigators have not yet established what mission the uncrewed aerial vehicle was carrying out.Politico Europe
CONFLICTBREAKING7h agoPoland scrambles fighter jets and closes Lublin and Rzeszów airports in response to Russian attacks on UkraineUkrinform [en]
CONFLICT9h agoRussian attacks damage 17 facilities in Kyiv regionUkrinform [en]
MILITARY13h agoPoland reports details on Russian UAV found on Baltic coastThe unmanned aerial vehicle found off the Polish Baltic coast is preliminarily believed to be a new model of Russian Gerbera-type drone that Polish services had not previously analyzed.Ukrinform [en]
CONFLICTBREAKING20h agoNATO jets down drone over Lithuania as Russian ship fires flares at Danish helicopterFrance 24 [en]
MILITARYBREAKING21h agoNATO jet shoots down suspected Russian drone over LithuaniaAl Jazeera [en]
CONFLICT21h agoAnalysts call for step-up in response to Russia after Denmark, Lithuania incidentsFrance 24 [en]
CONFLICT22h agoNATO downs drone over Lithuania, ‘probably’ launched by RussiaAl Jazeera [en]
CONFLICT22h agoThe Baltic states fear a Russian invasion. They faced the same threat a century ago and failed to stop it. Historian Alexey Uvarov explains why the region could not defend itself against Stalin.As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its fifth year, experts and Western intelligence sources are increasingly warning that Russia also poses a growing threat to countries in the Baltic region. So far, the confrontation has produced only isolated incidents, such as drone incursions into these countries’ territory — but tensions are rising. Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, and Finland increasingly need to consider how they would collectively defend themselves against a full-scale invasion from the east. The problem is not new to the region: 100 years ago, the Baltic countries alMeduza [en]