1 week ago Baltic nations planning for mass evacuations in the event of a Russian attack

Alarmed by Russia’s vast military spending since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the three Baltic states were drawing up contingency plans to deal with the possibility of hundreds of thousands of people fleeing a Russian troop build-up or attack. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have long voiced fears to fellow Nato states about possible Russian aggression, citing Russian cyberattacks, disinformation campaigns and incursions over the past few months by Russian fighter jets and drones. Russia has...

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2 w. ago Nato must answer Russian air provocations with action, not ambiguity

There is a taxonomy of weakness. At the bottom lies bad policy and worse rhetoric. Above that sits a particular kind of failure that is quietly corrosive: the proclamation of a “red line” that is never enforced. That is what we are now witnessing in Europe. The facts are plain. In one recent Russian assault, Poland shot down 19 objects that penetrated its airspace in one night. Days later, three Russian MiG-31s loitered in Estonian airspace. Drones have flown over Danish military bases,...

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2 w. ago With Russian air provocations, Nato’s credibility is on the line

There is a taxonomy of weakness. At the bottom lies bad policy and worse rhetoric. Above that sits a particular kind of failure that is quietly corrosive: the proclamation of a “red line” that is never enforced. That is what we are now witnessing in Europe. The facts are plain. In one recent Russian assault, Poland shot down 19 objects that penetrated its airspace in one night. Days later, three Russian MiG-31s loitered in Estonian airspace. Drones have flown over Danish military bases,...

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3 w. ago Russia tells West any aggression will be met with ‘decisive response’

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the West on Saturday that any aggression against Moscow would face a “decisive response”, warning against attempts to down aircraft in Russian airspace and accusing Germany of militaristic rhetoric. As Russia’s war rages in Ukraine, tensions have mounted along Nato’s eastern flank in recent weeks as Estonia said Moscow sent three fighter aircraft into its airspace and Nato warplanes shot down Russian drones over Poland. “Any aggression against my...

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3 w. ago Nato says downing Russian drones with costly missiles ‘not sustainable’

Western militaries cannot keep shooting down incoming drones with expensive missiles, Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Thursday, adding that Nato is rapidly learning from Ukraine on how to counter Russian drones and will deploy new technologies in the coming weeks. “It is not sustainable that you would take down thousand or two-thousand dollar costing drones with missiles that cost you maybe half a million or a million dollars,” Rutte said in an interview. “All of us are rapidly...

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4 w. ago Trump tells Nato nations to shoot down intruding Russian planes

US President Donald Trump said Nato nations should shoot down Russian aircraft that violated their airspace and struck a more sympathetic tone on Ukraine’s chances of winning the war. He spoke as he met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky following recent jet incursions that have alarmed allies. “Yes, I do,” Trump said when asked directly by a reporter if Nato allies should take down Russian aircraft during his meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on...

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