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Ukraine strikes Russian port with missiles, hits oil depot with drones: Report
1 week, 6 days ago

Ukraine strikes Russian port with missiles, hits oil depot with drones: Report

Firstpost  

The Druzhba oil pipeline, constructed during the Soviet era, transports oil from Western Siberian and Caspian Sea fields to European markets, while the Baltic Pipeline System carries oil to the Baltic Sea, with both passing through the Bryansk region FILE PHOTO: The Druzhba oil pipeline between Hungary and Russia is pictured at the Hungarian MOL Group's Danube Refinery in Szazhalombatta, …

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Sweden asks China to cooperate in Baltic Sea cable investigation
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Sweden asks China to cooperate in Baltic Sea cable investigation

CNN  

CNN — Sweden has sent a formal request to China to cooperate with an investigation into suspected sabotage over the sudden disruption of two submarine internet cables in the Baltic Sea earlier this month, after tracking data linked a Chinese ship to the incidents. “Sweden has sent a formal request to China to cooperate with Swedish authorities in order to …

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Europe is 'totally unprepared' for the level of hybrid warfare Putin is set to unleash, with energy and communications sabotage, aviation GPS jamming and weaponizing migrants all tools of the Kremlin
1 month ago

Europe is 'totally unprepared' for the level of hybrid warfare Putin is set to unleash, with energy and communications sabotage, aviation GPS jamming and weaponizing migrants all tools of the Kremlin

Daily Mail  

Europe is 'totally unprepared' for Russia's tactics of hybrid warfare, defence officials have warned amid mounting fear that Moscow is already sabotaging critical infrastructure on the continent in anticipation of a wider conflict. Russia has been accused of trying to destabilise the West and allies since the war in Ukraine began by allegedly 'weaponising mass migration' along its western border; …

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Baltic Sea internet cables cut: European officials cry sabotage
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1 month ago

Baltic Sea internet cables cut: European officials cry sabotage

CNN  

CNN — European officials are looking toward Russia after two submarine internet cables in the Baltic Sea were suddenly disrupted in an apparent sabotage operation, just weeks after the United States warned that Moscow was likely to target critical undersea infrastructure. His comments came after the foreign ministers of Finland and Germany said in a joint statement on Monday evening …

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Germany says ‘sabotage’ presumed in damaged Baltic Sea telecom cables
1 month ago

Germany says ‘sabotage’ presumed in damaged Baltic Sea telecom cables

Al Jazeera  

European nations say Russia is increasingly deploying ‘hybrid activities’ against NATO and the EU but haven’t blamed Moscow yet for recent incidents. Germany says it assumes that damage caused to two telecommunication cables in the Baltic Sea is an act of sabotage as European nations condemn the alleged Russian attacks on their “security architecture”. While Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans …

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Ukrainian military officers came up with idea of blowing up Nord Stream pipeline 'during night of heavy boozing', ignored Zelensky's pleas not to go ahead, and set off blast that 'qualifies as attack
4 months, 1 week ago

Ukrainian military officers came up with idea of blowing up Nord Stream pipeline 'during night of heavy boozing', ignored Zelensky's pleas not to go ahead, and set off blast that 'qualifies as attack

Daily Mail  

Senior Ukrainian military officers hatched the daring plan to blow up Russia's Nord Stream gas pipelines during 'a night of heavy boozing', an investigation has claimed. Gas bubbles from the Nord Stream 2 leak reaching surface of the Baltic Sea in the area shows a disturbance of well over one kilometre in diameter near Bornholm, Denmark, September 27, 2022 A …

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Poland arrests sabotage suspects and warns of potential hostile acts by Russia
7 months ago

Poland arrests sabotage suspects and warns of potential hostile acts by Russia

Associated Press  

WARSAW, Poland — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday that three people were recently arrested on suspicion of links to foreign- Tusk was speaking at a weekly news conference about what steps his government was taking to protect Poland against hostile activity, including incidents with suspected links to Russian intelligence services. “Another three people were arrested” on Monday night, …

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Latvians told to turn basements into bomb shelters amid fears Russia could target Baltic states next
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Latvians told to turn basements into bomb shelters amid fears Russia could target Baltic states next

The Independent  

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Would Macron's call to arms pay off? Experts say a NATO force would defeat Putin's army in Ukraine but intervention would fail without US support...and could even trigger nuclear war
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Would Macron's call to arms pay off? Experts say a NATO force would defeat Putin's army in Ukraine but intervention would fail without US support...and could even trigger nuclear war

Daily Mail  

The EU was split this week after French president Emmanuel Macron said that sending Western ground troops into Ukraine should not be 'ruled out'. Ukrainian soldiers firing artillery at their fighting position as the Russia-Ukraine war continues in the direction of Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on February 26, 2024 Although Ukraine's NATO allies have been supporting Volodymyr Zelensky's armed forces …

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Focus on Russia as Sweden completes NATO presence along the Baltic shore
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Focus on Russia as Sweden completes NATO presence along the Baltic shore

The Hindu  

Sweden's accession to NATO adds a final puzzle piece to the alliance around the shores of the strategically important Baltic Sea — but Russia still poses a threat above and below water. But analysts warn that while Sweden's entry makes it easier for NATO to exert control and reinforce its vulnerable Baltic states, Russia can still menace the region from …

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Russia puts the leader of NATO member Estonia on a wanted list over the removal of Soviet-era monuments
10 months, 1 week ago

Russia puts the leader of NATO member Estonia on a wanted list over the removal of Soviet-era monuments

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Estonia’s prime minister has been put on a wanted list in Russia because of her efforts to remove Soviet-era World War II monuments in the Baltic nation, officials said Tuesday as tensions between Russia and the West soar amid the war in Ukraine. “Estonia and I remain steadfast in our policy: supporting Ukraine, bolstering European defense, and …

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NATO’s largest air force drill prepares for ‘crisis situation’
1 year, 6 months ago

NATO’s largest air force drill prepares for ‘crisis situation’

Al Jazeera  

Some 250 aircraft from 25 NATO and partner countries with 10,000 military personnel are participating in ‘Air Defender 23’. NATO has started the largest-ever air force deployment exercise in the Western military alliance’s history, a drill being presented as a display of unity among members and partners of the bloc as tensions with Russia have escalated following Moscow’s full-scale invasion …

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Nordic news outlets: Russian yachts, cargo ships spy at sea
1 year, 8 months ago

Nordic news outlets: Russian yachts, cargo ships spy at sea

Associated Press  

HELSINKI — Russia is suspected of spying in the waters of the Baltic Sea and North Sea using civilian fishing trawlers, cargo ships and yachts, the public broadcasters of four Nordic countries said in a joint investigation published Wednesday. Asked to comment on the Nordic allegations that Russia was preparing to sabotage energy infrastructure, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said during …

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India and China snap up Russian oil in April above ’price cap’
1 year, 8 months ago

India and China snap up Russian oil in April above ’price cap’

Live Mint  

India and China have snapped up the vast majority of Russian oil so far in April at prices above the Western price cap of $60 per barrel, according to traders and Reuters calculations. The latest data from Refinitiv Eikon suggest Russian Urals oil cargoes that loaded in the first half of April are mostly heading to India's and China's ports. …

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India and China Snapping up Majority of Russian Oil Above Western Price Cap
1 year, 8 months ago

India and China Snapping up Majority of Russian Oil Above Western Price Cap

The Hindu  

India and China have snapped up the vast majority of Russian oil so far in April at prices above the Western price cap of $60 per barrel, according to traders and Reuters calculations. The latest data from Refinitiv Eikon suggest Russian Urals oil cargoes that loaded in the first half of April are mostly heading to India's and China's ports. …

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India and China snap up Russian oil in April above ‘price cap’
1 year, 8 months ago

India and China snap up Russian oil in April above ‘price cap’

Al Jazeera  

Russia is enjoying stronger revenues via sale of oil despite the West’s attempts to curb funds for its war in Ukraine. India and China have snapped up the vast majority of Russian oil so far in April at prices above the Western price cap of $60 per barrel, according to traders and Reuters calculations. The latest data from Refinitiv Eikon …

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In Baltics, Poland, grassroots groups strive to help Ukraine
1 year, 10 months ago

In Baltics, Poland, grassroots groups strive to help Ukraine

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — In a dusty workshop in northern Lithuania, a dozen men are transforming hundreds of wheel rims into potbelly stoves to warm Ukrainians huddled in trenches and bomb shelters. Since Russia invaded Ukraine last February, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia — three states on NATO’s eastern flank scarred by decades of Soviet-era occupation — have been among the top …

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Latvia revokes license of independent Russian TV channel
2 years ago

Latvia revokes license of independent Russian TV channel

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Latvia has revoked the license of an independent Russian TV channel exiled in the Baltic country for, among other things, voicing support for the Russian military and including Crimea in its map of Russia, media authorities said on Tuesday. The region’s main news agency, Baltic News Service, said the decision will take effect on Thursday when not …

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Danes confirm ‘extensive damage” to Baltic Sea pipelines
2 years, 2 months ago

Danes confirm ‘extensive damage” to Baltic Sea pipelines

Associated Press  

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Danish officials on Tuesday confirmed that there has been “extensive damage” to the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea off Denmark and that the cause of the damage was “powerful explosions.” In a statement, the Copenhagen Police said it had carried out a number of preliminary investigations of what it called “the …

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Nord Stream leaks likely single largest methane release ever: UN
2 years, 2 months ago

Nord Stream leaks likely single largest methane release ever: UN

Al Jazeera  

At least two massive underwater blasts caused this week’s damage to the Baltic Sea gas pipelines and methane leaks. A huge plume of highly concentrated methane, a greenhouse gas far more potent but shorter-lived than carbon dioxide, was detected in an analysis this week of satellite imagery by researchers associated with the UNEP’s International Methane Emissions Observatory, or IMEO, the …

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Baltics say no automatic asylum for Russians fleeing draft
2 years, 3 months ago

Baltics say no automatic asylum for Russians fleeing draft

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In Latvia, Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics said Thursday that …

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Ukraine latest updates: Kyiv slams Russian citizenship decree
2 years, 5 months ago

Ukraine latest updates: Kyiv slams Russian citizenship decree

Al Jazeera  

Ukraine news from July 11: Ukrainian foreign ministry says Moscow’s move is ‘encroachment’ on Kyiv’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. 11 Jul 2022 - 05:53 GMT Kharkiv shelled overnight: Ministry of Internal Affairs Russian rockets hit the city of Kharkiv three times overnight, Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has said. Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 11 …

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Estonia Asks NATO To Provide More Than 10k Troops, Command Centre To Thwart Russia
2 years, 7 months ago

Estonia Asks NATO To Provide More Than 10k Troops, Command Centre To Thwart Russia

News 18  

Estonian defence minister Kalle Laanet urged NATO to establish command centres in the country which will be capable of housing more than 10,000 troops and handle the military bloc’s operations in the Baltic region. Laanet, speaking to news agency Nikkei Asia in an exclusive interview, said that Estonia has informed NATO that Latvia and Lithuania along with Estonia need a …

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Russia-Ukraine crisis updates | April 14, 2022
2 years, 8 months ago

Russia-Ukraine crisis updates | April 14, 2022

The Hindu  

Britain said on Wednesday it had imposed new sanctions on 206 individuals in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including 178 who it said were involved in propping up Russian-backed breakaway regions of Ukraine. Speaking on Thursday, Mr. Putin said European attempts to find alternatives to Russian gas shipments will be “quite painful for the initiators of such policies.” He …

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