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A nationwide bomb-shelter overhaul is underway in Belarus as Moscow pushes Minsk toward its war against Ukraine

Belpol documented shelter modernization at government offices, telecom sites, factories, utilities, and the National Bank, framing it as another stage of Minsk's war readiness.

byYuri Zoria

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Latvia logs 111 straight days of migrants pushed across from Belarus—and blames its support for Ukraine

Lithuania and Poland together absorbed barely a tenth of the roughly 9,100 attempts recorded across the bloc's Belarus frontier since January.

byYuri Zoria

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NATO jets over the Baltics get authority to shoot down “objects that pose a threat”

Lithuania's president announced the change, saying the security environment around the three states is no longer peaceful.

byYuri Zoria

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Russia claims “verified data” that Latvia opens air corridors for Ukrainian drones—shows none of it

The accusation from a deputy foreign minister landed hours after Ukrainian drones set fires at a major oil terminal in St. Petersburg.

byYuri Zoria

Estonian and Russian border posts at Narva-Jõesuu on the Estonia-Russia border

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Russia shuts seven rail crossings on its NATO borders. It won’t say why

Move comes weeks after Moscow doubled freight tariffs to the same neighbors

byMaria Tril

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Lithuanian court: the roadside attack on a Ukraine-shirt cyclist was hate, not chance

Judges treated the motive, hostility toward people who support Ukraine, as an aggravating circumstance in sentencing the 1987-born man.

byYuri Zoria

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Lithuania faces first US troop gap since 2020 as Pentagon reviews European posture

Two battalions of the 1st Cavalry Division withdrew on schedule; their successors' arrival date, size, and capabilities remain unannounced, Defense Minister Robertas Kaunas said.

byMaria Tril

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France joins European chorus condemning Russian overnight strikes that killed 18 across Ukraine

Foreign ministries in Paris, Vilnius, Tallinn, and Chișinău urged tougher pressure on Moscow after the missile and drone barrage on Kyiv, Dnipro, and Kharkiv.

byMaria Tril

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Russian church courts strip priests of rank for refusing Patriarch Kirill’s war prayer

About 50 priests have been documented as targets so far. Several have since had their ranks restored by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople after lengthy appeals.

byYuri Zoria

Kyiv's first mobile bomb shelter, installed December 2025. Photo: Timur Tkachenko

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After drone incursions in the Baltics, Ukraine’s bomb shelter know-how draws official interest

Baltic governments are in early talks with Ukrainian firms on civil defense systems following recent drone incidents in the region.

byBenjamin Murdoch

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A Russian banker hid in Brittany as a Ukrainian refugee—France just gave him to Lithuania

Ten months in a Breton village. Now 10.5 years in Vilnius.

byPeeter Helme

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Lithuania scrambles NATO jets and shuts Vilnius airport over drone from Belarus

It is the third Baltic air alert in four days, after a Romanian jet downed a stray Ukrainian drone over Estonia on 19 May.

byMaria Tril

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Lithuania signs full Drone Deal, Latvia receives Ukrainian air defense experts

The agreement covers joint production of long-range strike, naval, interceptor and bomber drones, with technology transfer between Ukrainian and Lithuanian companies. Latvia is hosting Ukrainian air defense specialists under a separate proposed deal.

byYuri Zoria

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Russia will be combat-ready again by 2027 — Estonia’s military chief sets a two-year clock for NATO

Estonia's defense forces commander Andrus Merilo says Russia will be combat-ready by 2027 and outlines five areas where Estonia must prepare for war.

byMaria Tril

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Ukraine just uncovered Russian-coordinated plot to assassinate Russian dissident and Ukrainian supporter in Lithuania

The network conducted long-term covert surveillance of two targets in Lithuania. One of them is a Russian opposition figure living in exile and other is a Lithuanian citizen who publicly supported Ukraine.

byOlena Mukhina

Germany unprepared to defend Lithuania from Russian invasion, wargame shows

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Pro-Russian party entered Lithuania’s ruling coalition — and it’s already blocking defense projects on Suwalki Corridor

Still, Latvia may be more vulnerable.

byOlena Mukhina

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Pro-Russian Fico complains Latvia and Lithuania blocked his flight to Moscow for Putin’s 9 May parade (updated)

Slovakia's PM promises to find another route to Russia, and promises to block the EU's sanctions against Russia.

byYuri Zoria

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Stoltenberg offered Russia NATO troop withdrawals from the Baltic region — without asking the Baltic states

A new memoir by the former NATO Secretary General reveals he proposed discussing troop withdrawals that the alliance's Baltic members had not consented to—and knew nothing about.

byAlexander Moisseenko

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Drones crash in Estonia and Latvia overnight — stray Ukrainian or deliberate Russian, origin unclear

A drone struck the chimney of Estonia's Auvere power plant while another exploded in Latvia's Krāslava district, both entering from Russia; no injuries were reported, investigations are underway, and Estonia's government called an emergency meeting.

byYuri Zoria

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Lithuanian PM confirms Ukrainian drone crashed on Lithuanian territory

Wrong country: Ukrainian strike drone crashes in Lithuania after Primorsk oil terminal attack

byMaria Tril

Lithuania

A nationwide bomb-shelter overhaul is underway in Belarus as Moscow pushes Minsk toward its war against Ukraine

Latvia logs 111 straight days of migrants pushed across from Belarus—and blames its support for Ukraine

NATO jets over the Baltics get authority to shoot down “objects that pose a threat”

Russia claims “verified data” that Latvia opens air corridors for Ukrainian drones—shows none of it

Russia shuts seven rail crossings on its NATO borders. It won’t say why

Lithuanian court: the roadside attack on a Ukraine-shirt cyclist was hate, not chance

Lithuania faces first US troop gap since 2020 as Pentagon reviews European posture

France joins European chorus condemning Russian overnight strikes that killed 18 across Ukraine

Russian church courts strip priests of rank for refusing Patriarch Kirill’s war prayer

After drone incursions in the Baltics, Ukraine’s bomb shelter know-how draws official interest

A Russian banker hid in Brittany as a Ukrainian refugee—France just gave him to Lithuania

Lithuania scrambles NATO jets and shuts Vilnius airport over drone from Belarus

Lithuania signs full Drone Deal, Latvia receives Ukrainian air defense experts

Russia will be combat-ready again by 2027 — Estonia’s military chief sets a two-year clock for NATO

Ukraine just uncovered Russian-coordinated plot to assassinate Russian dissident and Ukrainian supporter in Lithuania

Pro-Russian party entered Lithuania’s ruling coalition — and it’s already blocking defense projects on Suwalki Corridor

Pro-Russian Fico complains Latvia and Lithuania blocked his flight to Moscow for Putin’s 9 May parade (updated)

Stoltenberg offered Russia NATO troop withdrawals from the Baltic region — without asking the Baltic states

Drones crash in Estonia and Latvia overnight — stray Ukrainian or deliberate Russian, origin unclear

Lithuanian PM confirms Ukrainian drone crashed on Lithuanian territory

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