Issues archive

The drone that flew across Lithuania exploded in Pasvalys district

An unidentified object entered Lithuanian airspace

Leningrad oblast under drone attack for the second night running

Drone attack on Leningrad oblast: four shot down, Pulkovo closed twice, flights to Kaliningrad restricted

Rutte in Tallinn: no imminent threat to NATO territory is seen, and Estonia names a further EUR 10 million for PURL

Before noon the RCB warned eastern Poland a second time and cancelled the alert; the pages disagree on who was warned

The RCB warned Lublin and Podkarpackie voivodeships and cancelled the alert; no command sentence on a violation was found

Vitebsk opened Indestructible Brotherhood-2026 and Barrier-2026

Poland, evening: aircraft were up, the command closed the episode with no violation, and Lublin and Rzeszów airports paused

Lithuania: LRT says a hundred are on duty on the Kaliningrad border

Lithuania: a company-sized unit is to be assigned on the Kaliningrad border from 8 October

On the Kaliningrad border: up to a company, about 100 soldiers, for a couple of weeks

Seimas: first adoption of repealing Article 137, 106 to 18 with 6 abstentions

Poland: the evening alert for Lublin went to Lubusz, and the centre apologised

Poland: an alert for two voivodeships, cancelled by 15:56, no violation named

Vilnius: a yellow alert, NATO fighters scrambled, the object not found

Lithuania: a SkyFortress pilot, acoustic detection of low-flying drones under a summer contract

Kaunas: construction starts on a Leopard 2A8 assembly and repair plant

Poland: "positive identification" procedures are ready, and the minister called 1 October a convenient day to implement them

Poland scrambled aircraft in the morning; the operation ended by 08:00, and there is no threat on Polish territory

A jet drone struck about 2 km from Dorohusk; Polish airspace was not violated

Night into the 27th: 96 drones in the defence ministry tally, and the northwest is not on the list

Lithuania ran the volunteer evacuation and tested the detailed state plan for the first time

Lithuania opened Vyčio skliautas 2026: a mobilisation check through 3 October, with a volunteers-only evacuation on Saturday

Four German Eurofighters landed at Lielvārde for about a week

The Baltics ask the European Commission for €500 million for drone defence; the figure comes from one Finnish source

Lithuania: new US troop rotation "already on trains", about a thousand troops according to Nausėda

Latvia: a yellow notice of a possible airspace threat declared in Krāslava Municipality, NATO mission fighters activated

Poland: deputy defence minister Wziątek says a US decision on a permanent base is expected after two to three months…

Poland: fourth dated scramble of the week over Russian jet UAVs striking Ukraine

Poland: third scramble of the week over an object heading toward the border

Poland: a jet drone exploded or was shot down about 4 km from the border near Yahodyn

Lithuania: after the State Defence Council Nausėda calls the downed drone a Russian Gerbera, “most likely for…

Lithuania: an explosive is found and neutralised in the wreckage of the drone shot down at Pratkūnai

Lithuania: Italian NATO Eurofighters shoot down a drone over Lithuanian territory for the first time

Poland: Russian drones struck 0.8–2 km from the Polish border, Warsaw scrambled F-16s and a Saab

Kaliningrad at the centre of a rhetorical exchange: Sikorski called for "aggressive" NATO exercises near Kaliningrad Oblast

Estonia: a domestic-political crisis around the defence establishment

Estonia: PM Kristen Michal names former Defence Forces commander Martin Herem as defence-minister candidate

Poland: a three-month airspace-restriction regime in the east of the country entered into force (zone EP R134, until 9 December)

Lithuania: near the Belarus border, the active phase of the multinational Strong Griffin 2026 exercise (Švenčionys…

Lithuania: near the Belarus border, the active phase of the multinational exercise Strong Griffin 2026 (Švenčionys…

Lithuania: the active phase of the multinational Strong Griffin 2026 exercise continues near the Belarus border…

Latvia: active phase of "Namejs 2026" in Latgale (eastern borderland with Russia and Belarus)

Latvia: the active phase of "Namejs 2026" shifts into Latgale (the eastern borderland with Russia and Belarus)

Estonia: Defence Minister H. Pevkur announced his resignation over a €70m ammunition-for-Ukraine scandal

Latvia: the comprehensive national defence exercise "Namejs 2026" is in its active phase

Latvia launches the year's largest comprehensive national-defence exercise "Namejs 2026," nationwide through 8 October

Latvia reaches T-1 before its largest defence exercise of the year, «Namejs 2026»: it starts tomorrow, 2 September

Latvia continues the pre-start phase of "Namejs 2026"; two days to the start of the national exercise

Latvia opens the run-up to «Namejs 2026»: 1st Riga Brigade National Guard troops drilled in Bauska, Ropaži and Mārupe

Kinetic backdrop is calm: no fresh NATO–Russia clashes, Baltic airspace violations, or new major troop movements recorded

CIA Director's secret Moscow trip revealed: Washington directly warned Russia against escalation toward the Baltic states

Near Kaliningrad, the Baltic Fleet practised repelling a simulated enemy air strike (planned drill)

A relatively calm window: no confirmed fresh NATO–Russia clashes, no Baltic airspace violations, and no major new…

Latvia announced its largest comprehensive national-defence exercise of the year, «Namejs 2026»

Large Ukrainian drone attack on the port of Ust-Luga, Leningrad Oblast; fire at the NOVATEK terminal

NATO exercise "Pērkons" in Daugavpils concludes today

NATO’s “Pērkons” exercise in Daugavpils is in its second day and concludes on 23 August

NATO's planned "Pērkons" exercise began in Daugavpils (eastern Latvia) on 21–23 August

The US and NATO publicly explained the large air package near Kaliningrad as planned deterrence, not a reaction to an event

NATO massed an unusually large air package near Kaliningrad, including an EW and an AWACS aircraft

The drone shot down over Latvia on 14 August entered from Belarus

Latvia's "Baltic Trust 26" exercise concludes its active phase

Overnight drone attack on Leningrad region (Kirishi district)

Russia's largest Baltic port, Ust-Luga (Leningrad region), on fire after a mass Ukrainian drone attack

NATO fighters shoot down a drone over north-eastern Latvia (Latgale, Balvi municipality)

Lithuania's government approved expanding the border "counter-mobility" fortification belt along the Kaliningrad and Belarus borders

The Baltic sky is calm: no interceptions, land-border violations or confirmed drone alerts over…

Kaliningrad: no fresh developments dated 11 August on "Pravdinsky"

Kaliningrad: the Baltic Fleet moved the main forces of its army corps to the Pravdinsky range (over 2,500 troops, ~300…

The multinational NATO counter-drone exercise Baltic Trust 26 continues at Latvia's Sēlija range

Baltic Fleet naval aviation (Su-30SM2) rehearsed bomb-and-missile strikes near Kaliningrad on ground targets…

Lithuanian military intelligence warned Russia may be preparing a "false-flag operation"

For a second consecutive day the Baltic Fleet ran a dated exercise near Kaliningrad

The Baltic Fleet held a window-dated exercise off Kaliningrad

Overnight, Ukrainian drones again struck Leningrad region and St. Petersburg

The overnight volume of the Russia–Ukraine drone war fell sharply

The Baltic Air Policing mission is formally transformed into an Air Defence Mission

Latvia closed its border with Belarus; the official reason is "technical" (an information-system failure at the…

Minsk escalates migration pressure on the Latvia–Belarus border

The Russia–Ukraine drone war on the night of 30 July again ran deep inside Russia

Baltic Fleet naval aviation practised precision-bomb strikes on ground targets at a Kaliningrad range

Turkey to send five F-16s and 76 personnel to Ämari Air Base (Estonia) for NATO's Baltic air policing/air defense mission

Lithuania warned of intensive nighttime movement of allied military equipment on the Kalvarija–Kazlų Rūda route (into…

Ukraine's drone war against Russia shifts away from the Baltic-adjacent north-western corner

Largest UAV strike of the series on NW Russia overnight: St. Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast

Overnight into Friday, Leningrad Oblast and St. Petersburg hit by a swarm of Ukrainian UAVs

Energy ministers of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia signed a declaration in Riga on joint power-system reserves and…

Latvia to cover its entire eastern border with counter-drone systems and radar by end of September

Lithuanian Defence Minister Robertas Kaunas: a Russia stalling in Ukraine sees the Baltics and Poland as its "nearest targets."

NATO's military leadership again signals Moscow

The Russia–Ukraine night drone war holds at the Baltics' north-western corner

The Russia–Ukraine drone war returns to the NW corner by the Baltics: Leningrad and Pskov regions back in the official target list

Poland intercepts Russian military aircraft over the Baltic for a third straight day; Swedish fighters join the escort

The Baltics and Poland issued a coordinated warning of a possible "limited" Russian provocation against critical infrastructure

Lithuania: Seimas approves Sinkevičius' government programme, cabinet sworn in

Poland: planned exercises near the Kaliningrad and Belarus borders (Suwałki Corridor)

Latvia–Lithuania: "Lion's Leap" exercise

Baltics: joint trilateral demarche at the Russian MFA over "air corridor" drone accusations

Lithuania: new cabinet presents government programme to the Seimas; priority — air defence and counter-drone protection

Lithuania and Latvia summoned Russian diplomats

Ankara: NATO summit concluded, declaration adopted

Ankara: the NATO summit concludes; leaders endorse the final declaration at the close

Ankara: the NATO summit opens

Estonia: the US contingent has almost completely left the country as part of the summer rotation

Estonia, Tapa: Defence Minister H. Pevkur awarded the Medal for Participation in International Military Operations to…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz hosted the Baltic leaders in Berlin ahead of the Ankara summit

State visit of Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs to Estonia

Night of 02.07 — Ukrainian drones shot down over Leningrad oblast; Pskov airport temporarily closed

Russia suspended, effective 1 July, traffic through a number of railway border crossings with Estonia, Latvia and Finland

DONE: the 1st German-Netherlands Corps

Announcement for 30.06: fresh national reporting on tomorrow's handover of ground-defence command for Estonia and…

Valga–Valka: announced: command of land defence for Estonia and Latvia passes to the 1st German-Netherlands Corps

Tallinn: weekly review by the Estonian Defence Forces Intelligence Centre: Russian long-range activity fell over the week

Gdańsk: NATO "Eastern Flank" leaders adopt a joint declaration: Russia named "the most significant, direct and long-term threat."

Washington: NATO chief Rutte met Trump at the White House ahead of the Ankara summit

Estonia, Rapla: Victory Day military parade held; President Karis announces he will not seek a second term

Estonia, Rapla: Victory Day (Võidupüha) military parade

Lithuania/Poland/France, Suwałki Corridor: "Gallant Boar 2026" continues

Estonia: NATO military-medical exercise Vigorous Warrior 2026 concluded

Baltic Sea/Germany: BALTOPS 2026 concluded in Kiel

Nuclear domain, Baltic region: Finland lifted its ban on nuclear weapons on its territory

Lithuania/Poland/France, Suwałki Corridor: active phase of "Gallant Boar 2026" ("Drąsusis šernas", 16–26.06) continues

Lithuania/Poland/France, Suwałki Corridor: active phase of "Gallant Boar 2026" ("Drąsusis šernas", 16–26.06)

Lithuania/Poland/France, Suwałki corridor: START of Gallant Boar 2026 ("Drąsusis šernas", 16–26 June)

Whole region: relative lull; few significant new military events for the day

Baltic Sea / Sweden–Denmark: double intercept: Swedish Gripens scrambled twice against Russian Su-24 and Su-34

Latvia: The Saeima, in final reading, expanded the border protective zone from 12 to 30 metres

Estonia: 10 km of anti-tank ditches with dragon's teeth completed on the southeastern border with Russia (Setomaa)

Latvia: NATO fighters against drones are "not a long-term solution"; focus on national air defense

NB8 + Ukraine summit in Tallinn

For the first time a NATO fighter shot down a drone in Latvian airspace

The northern phase of the multinational NATO air exercise Ramstein Flag 2026 (RAFL 26) begins

Latvia concluded the multinational air-defence exercise "Baltic Zenith 2026" (Jūrmalciems range on the Baltic coast

In Finland, NATO's Forward Land Forces Finland (FLF Finland) officially began operations

On the sidelines of SPIEF, V. Putin responded to Zelensky's open letter and set hard limits

NATO's naval exercise BALTOPS-2026 kicked off (June 4–19)

The US continues withdrawing 1,000+ troops from Lithuania; the next rotation is "under review" (June 2–3)