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Lithuania tightens curbs on pro-Kremlin Russians and Belarusians
Lithuania plans tougher restrictions on pro-Kremlin Russian and Belarusian nationals, including bans on public activities and tighter limits on buying property near sensitive sites, citing national security and anti-propaganda concerns.
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Baltic states summon Russian envoys over false deportation claims
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have said the Kremlin has been spreading false claims about deportations of Russian speakers from Baltic states in an attempt to distract from its large-scale attacks on cities and other civilian targets in Ukraine.
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Lithuania moves to lift nuclear weapons ban, following Finland's lead
President Gitanas Nauseda said Lithuania's constitutional ban on nuclear weapons and foreign military bases had become "outdated," as Finland's own nuclear ban formally ended on Wednesday, prompting Russian threats that Moscow could destroy half the country.
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NATO drills near Russia border as VDL warns over drone threat
In her visit to Lithuania, the EU Commission President von der Leyen has warned that recent drone incursions into Baltic countries are not "isolated incidents." This comes as we report on today's NATO military drills just 30km from Russia’s border.
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Von der Leyen vows to fight drones, disinformation campaigns
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that recent drone incursions into EU airspace are “not isolated incidents”, as Baltic leaders and EU officials warn of escalating hybrid threats engineered by Russia along Europe’s eastern border.
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EU countries should not rely only on NATO's Article 5, Kubilius says
The European Union has its own mutual defence clause but it is seen as weaker than NATO's Article 5. The EU Commissioner for Defence appears to want to change that as the US military reconsiders its footprint in Europe.