Tag: Lithuania

Lithuania will now allow the transport of sanctioned Russian goods to the exclave of Kaliningrad after the European Union released new guidance on the policy amid Russian threats of retaliation.  Since June 17, Lithuania had been enforcing transit bans on sanctioned Russian goods heading to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad...

The Russian hacker group “Killnet” has claimed responsibility for carrying out a DDoS cyber attack against Lithuania's largest gas and energy supplier, Ignitis Group, over the weekend, which the company called the “biggest cyber attack in a decade.” Killnet, which is associated with the Russian GRU, stated on its Telegram...

Russia has threatened retaliatory measures against Lithuania after the NATO member imposed transit bans on sanctioned goods heading to the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad through Lithuanian territory, which went into effect on Saturday. The sanctioned goods include coal, metals, construction materials and advanced technology, which makes up nearly half...

Belarus has announced a "sudden check" of the response time and readiness of their military reaction forces, part of the larger Armed Forces of Belarus, reported the country's Ministry of Defense early Wednesday morning. Adding that the test of the reaction forces does "not pose a threat to neighboring...

A close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that Russia would deploy nuclear weapons and hypersonic missiles in the Baltic Europe region if Sweden and Finland joined NATO. Dmitry Medvedev the deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council said that if the two nations join NATO then Russia would...

Lithuania announced that it has cut off Russian gas imports, becoming the first European country to do so, in a move that country's Energy ministry said was in response to "Russia's energy blackmail in Europe and the war in Ukraine." Lithuania used to be entirely dependent on Russian gas...