NATO launched 'Baltic Sentry', a new naval mission to prevent attacks on cable infrastructure in the Baltic Sea. The alliance says Russia is to blame for recent incidents, but can increased NATO patrols make a difference?
General Martin Herem, former head of Estonia’s defence forces, has speculated that NATO could blockade the Baltic. However, given that this would amount to a declaration of war, NATO has opted for a less confrontational approach: surveillance.
The move marks yet another step in the systematic military encircling of Russia by the US-led military alliance, which continues to back the far-right Ukrainian regime in a war aimed at inflicting a strategic defeat on Moscow and subjugating its territory to semi-colonial status.
A French Atlantique 2 aircraft patrolling international airspace over the Baltic was targeted by the fire-control system of a Russian S-400 launcher.
NATO has announced plans to bolster its presence in the Baltic Sea through a new mission aimed at protecting undersea infrastructure, following a series of disruptions to cables between its member states.
An emerging consensus among U.S. and European security services holds that accidents were the cause of damage to Baltic seabed energy and communications lines.
Russia is believed to be behind dozens of hybrid attacks, like arson or sabotage, on NATO soil since the Ukraine war started.
World leaders express varying expectations and hopes following Donald Trump's inauguration as the 47th U.S. President. Emphasis is placed on transatlantic cooperation, global peace, economic partnerships,
Western intelligence services warn of a potential Russian attack on the European Union after 2028, RP ONLINE reports, citing Kaja Kallas, EU high representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
The past seven days have been as good as they could get for Sweden's government, with the first national defence conference since joining Nato, the conclusions of two important inquiries for its 'paradigm shift' on migration,
On January 23, 2025 in Davos (Switzerland), the Victor Pinchuk Foundation and EastOne, will host the annual Ukrainian Breakfast discussion, their traditional event, which takes place on the occasion of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
Ruptures of undersea cables that have rattled European security officials in recent months were likely the result of maritime accidents rather than Russian