Wargame reveals Germany would freeze as Russia seizes Lithuanian territory in three days
In the simulation, Berlin chose consensus-building while Russian forces seized the Suwalki Gap connecting Moscow-controlled Kaliningrad with Belarus
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Poland prepares €2 billion anti-drone barrier to deter future Russian UAV incursions
Officials say the system will fuse cannons, jammers, and missile tech to shield the eastern border from evolving threats.
“Propaganda is ready”: Russia may be preparing escalation on NATO’s eastern flank with checkpoints and control in 2026, says expert
Expert says Russia may seize Suwałki Corridor in 2026 to blackmail the Alliance.
Russian military aircraft violate NATO member Lithuania’s airspace – President vows reaction
The incident fuels rising tensions in the Baltics, where repeated Russian airspace violations and drone activity are heightening fears of provocations near NATO borders.
NATO jets scramble three times in a week as Russian warplanes fly “invisible” toward Kaliningrad
Russian aircraft violating aviation rules over the Baltic Sea were An-12 and An-72 cargo planes, Su-35 fighters, and Si-24MR recon aircraft.
Military aircraft with Spanish defense minister undergoes GPS attack over Kaliningrad
A Spanish military aircraft carrying Defense Minister Margarita Robles became the third high-profile European government plane to suffer GPS interference this year, with the incident occurring over the Baltic Sea near Russia's heavily militarized Kaliningrad Oblast.
Locals watch Lithuanian coast guard chasing Russian marine drone launched from Kaliningrad
Coast guard chases the drone near Nida as Lithuania accelerates defense spending amid mounting Russian provocations.
Putin overstretched: Russia withdraws forces from Kaliningrad, Poland says
As Russia tries to form new units near Finland, its forces are being stretched thin, prompting a major withdrawal from Kaliningrad, Poland’s foreign minister says.
Frontline report: Europe’s Achilles heel becomes tripwire where Putin’s ambitions meet NATO’s steel
What was once NATO’s most vulnerable flank is now a red line.
Putin’s aide warns NATO’s “war games” near Kaliningrad could trigger response while Russia stages its largest military buildup since invasion of Ukraine
While Patrushev alleges NATO plots against Russian territory, Belarus quietly prepares to host an exercise mirroring the exact scale and pattern of Russia's pre-Ukraine invasion deployments.
Forbes: Civilian vehicles replace armored carriers in Russian assaults
The Russian military adopts civilian Lada cars for assaults after losing thousands of armored vehicles during its invasion of Ukraine.
Vilnius seizes Russian military camo materials cargo, reroutes to Ukraine
Lithuanian customs officials intercepted the supplies en route from Kaliningrad to Moscow, redirecting them to Ukraine.
The Moscow Times: Russia unilaterally decides to redraw maritime borders with Lithuania and Finland in the Baltic Sea
Russian authorities have decided unilaterally to change the country's maritime borders with Lithuania and Finland in the Baltic Sea, declaring new internal waters and adjusting geographical coordinates, according to a draft government decree published on the legal acts portal.
UK intel: Russia moves air defense systems from “NATO-encircled” Kaliningrad to Ukraine to backfill losses
Russia's relocation of air defense systems from Kaliningrad to Ukraine amid S-400 system losses underscores regional security challenges and operational strain, as per UK intelligence.
Baltic states grow frustrated with West’s war balancing act
On 28 July, US President Joe Biden issued a statement marking the centenary of diplomatic relations between the…
Putin using Kaliningrad exactly the way Hitler did when it was called East Prussia, Skobov says
In the late 1930s, Hitler demanded the opening of “a Polish corridor” to Germany’s East Prussia , triggering…
Zapad 2021 suggests, in event of war, Moscow could seize Baltics but lose Kaliningrad
Military exercises not only make known what a government believes could happen but become an occasion for its…
Russians living near Europe radically different from Russians in the interior, Mironova says
It is an ancient observation that people who live in port cities or in portions of a country…
Extending Moscow-Kazan power-sharing treaty will destroy Russia, Gorevoy says
If Moscow extends the Russian-Tatarstan power-sharing treaty beyond its expiration date this summer, Ruslan Gorevoy says, not only…
“Putin is a Russian Trump” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…