Russia’s planes probed NATO’s eastern flank so often this July that scrambles jumped more than 250%
Russian planes kept approaching NATO's borders with their transponders off.
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Poland promised a 700-kilometer shield against Russia—two years on, satellites show four short fortified zones
Warsaw has spent since October 2024 on the project, yet only about 10 kilometers of actual linear fortifications have gone up. The situation in the Baltic States is even worse, a French analyst says.
Russian maps blurred 119 of Russia’s own military sites in the Nordics and Baltics—and gave away their locations
The objects blurred on Yandex run from air bases and shipyards to nuclear-weapons facilities, reporters from four countries found.
Russia can’t attack NATO right now—ISW explains what the new border bases are really for
The think tank says Russia's new NATO-border bases prepare post-Ukraine-war force projection, not a near-term attack.
ISW: Lavrov revives full set of pre-invasion narratives — this time aimed at Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
The Russian FM's remarks suggest Moscow is testing narratives to justify future confrontation with NATO’s eastern flank, ISW says.
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.