More than 100 U.S. sailors and Marines are in the high north of Norway to establish a maritime command as part of NATO’s largest military exercise in Europe since the Cold War, according to the Navy. U.S. 2nd Fleet and Expeditionary Strike Group 2 personnel left Naval Air Station Oceana,Continue Reading
The federal government is pledging to work with its American counterparts after the U.S. claimed parts of the Arctic sea floor that Canada also wants. Grantly Franklin, spokesman for Global Affairs Canada, said in an email that Canada expects to follow the process set out in a United Nations treatyContinue Reading
NATO’s present defense plans in relation to Estonia and the wider region are perfectly adequate and satisfactory, MP and defense expert Kalev Stoicescu (Eesti 200) says. Stoicescu, who chairs the Riigikogu’s national defense committee, told ERR Thursday that: “NATO’s defense plans for the Baltic States, and the entire region inContinue Reading
By Max Hastings A military friend of mine recently visited a relatively honestly governed African state. He asked its president why he does not support the West on Ukraine. His host answered: “I can’t see what’s different between what Russia is doing there and what the West did in Iraq.” We couldContinue Reading
The bombing of the Nord Stream underwater gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea was a covert operation ordered by the White House and carried out by the CIA, a report by a veteran investigative journalist claims. Seymour Hersh, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, has claimed that US deep-sea divers, using aContinue Reading
Presidentti Sauli Niinistö kertoi amerikkalaiselle CNN-yhtiölle, että Putinin mukaan Venäjä ei missään vaiheessa ole tavoitellut presidentti Zelenskyin hallituksen kaatamista. Presidentti Sauli Niinistö kertoi CNN-televisioyhtiön haastattelussa viime perjantain keskusteluistaan Venäjän presidentti Vladimir Putinin kanssa. CNN:n haastattelijana oli toimittaja Christiane Amanpour, joka on maailmanlaajuisesti tunnettu sotakirjeenvaihtaja. Niinistö kertoi, että Putinin mukaan VenäjälläContinue Reading
US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley stated on Sunday that more US troops would arrive in Lithuania. According to the general, they would be taken from a US brigade of approximately 3,500 troops stationed on NATO’s eastern flank. Additional troops will be deployed as RussiaContinue Reading
“The first column of troops and combat equipment from the US Army’s 3rd Cavalry Regiment crossed the Lithuanian border near Kalvarija at around 3 a.m.,” the Lithuanian Armed Forces said. The troops and equipment, including infantry fighting vehicles, armored SUVs and trucks, will be taking part in the Saber StrikeContinue Reading
Finnish foreign policy specialists are critical of a possible summit between the presidents of Russia and the United States, as they note the dangers of European issues being discussed only between the two former Cold War adversaries. The BBC is among many media outlets reporting on Monday morning that RussianContinue Reading
The delegation of the foreign affairs committee of the Estonian parliament visited Washington, D.C. to meet with members of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States, according to committee chairman Marko Mihkelson, security assistance to the Baltic states should remain at least on the current level.Continue Reading