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Week in Lithuania | Lithuania contributes two ships to NATO’s Baltic Sea mission, does not rule out sending troops to Kyiv if requested
President Nausėda called Trump’s Greenland remarks unacceptable; a new batch of 50 JLTVs arrived in Lithuania Wizz Air ...
Lithuania vows to boost defense spending to 5-6% of GDP, citing the threat of Russian aggression
Lithuania’s president says his country has made the decision to raise its spending on defense to between 5% and 6% of overall ...
First NATO Country Announces It Will Match Trump's 5% Defense Ultimatum
Lithuania is to increase its defense spending to between 5 percent and 6 percent of its GDP from 2026, matching Trump's ...
Lithuania pledges to spend between 5% and 6% of its GDP on defense starting in 2026
Lithuania's president says his country has made the decision to raise its spending on defense to between 5 and 6% of overall national economic output starting in 2026.
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NATO Fighter Jets Scrambled Twice To Intercept Russian Aircraft
NATO fighter jets conducting air patrol missions in the Baltic states had to scramble twice in late December to intercept and escort Russian aircraft, according to the Ukrainian news site European ...
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Russian officers trained for attacks on Japan, South Korea in event of war with NATO, FT reports
Russia developed offensive plans targeting civilian and military sites in Japan and South Korea in the event of a war with NATO, the Financial Times reported on Dec. 31, citing documents shown to the ...
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Finland seizes a tanker, getting tough on hybrid warfare
Chinese authorities claimed this too was an accident. On December 30th NATO held a hastily convened meeting at its Brussels headquarters to discuss ways of countering the threat in the Baltic.
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NATO’s Estonia deploys warship to Baltic Sea after Russia allegedly cut another undersea cable
NATO member Estonia has deployed a naval warship to defend its underwater power cables after a Russian vessel allegedly cut one of the wires in yet another act of sabotage against the allied nations.
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Finnish investigators find an anchor drag mark on the Baltic seabed after suspicious cable damage
In the wake of the cable rupture, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said last week that the military alliance, which Finland joined last year, will step up patrols in the Baltic Sea region. The ...