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Russian man swims from Kaliningrad to Lithuania in failed asylum attempt

A 68-year-old Russian man swam down the Nemunas River from Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave to neighbouring Lithuania to seek asylum, only to be returned to Russia.

Euronews

NATO intercepts Russian military aircraft flying over the Baltic Sea, French team says

Many of the Russian flights that NATO monitors with its Baltic air policing mission, in place since Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia joined the alliance in 2004, are to and from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.

Euronews

Lithuania wargames security incident on Russian Kaliningrad transit train

Lithuania staged a drill on Monday involving a Russian train incident in Kaliningrad as tensions rise, while Polish K2 tank exercises boosted NATO’s eastern flank.

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Lithuania on the frontline: How a small EU country is preparing for a possible war

For Lithuania, a NATO and EU member bordering Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave and Belarus, the war in Ukraine has not been a distant conflict. It is a warning. How is Vilnius preparing for a possible war with Russia?

Euronews

George Galloway Claims EU Biggest WW3 Threat: Cites Kaliningrad Missile Bases

EU biggest WW3 threat: George Galloway claims leaders' policies on Ukraine and sanctions risk nuclear escalation via Russia's Kaliningrad missile bases

International Business Times UK

Spanish defence minister's plane hit by GPS 'disturbance' over Russian enclave

Spain's Defence Minister Margarita Robles was on the military jet, which reported GPS interference while flying over the Russian Kaliningrad enclave.

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Lithuania installs 'dragon's teeth' fortifications along its border with Russia's Kaliningrad

Lithuania has installed tank-stopping "dragon's teeth" concrete blocks on its border with Russia's Kaliningrad exclave as a defensive measure to deter Russia's potential aggression, according to the Defence Ministry.

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Lithuania blames Russia for large rise in GPS jamming incidents

Vilnius says it has identified more than ten locations in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad "from where Russia is causing this interference".

Euronews

Airbus chairman sees ‘strong indications’ an emboldened Putin is mobilizing forces to attack NATO’s eastern flank

Putin may seize the moment to build a strategic land bridge via the Suwałki Gap, which links the Russian ethnic enclave of Kaliningrad to its client state of Belarus.

Fortune

Poland's prime minister visits defensive fortifications on border with Russia

Poland’s prime minister has traveled to his country’s border with the Russian region of Kaliningrad to inspect progress in the construction of military fortifications

The Independent UK

UK export of millions of endangered eels to Russia attacked as ‘bonkers’

Critics say eels could be smuggled eastwards towards Asia but exporter says they are for ‘restocking’ project

The Guardian - UK

Russia Redeploys Troops From Kaliningrad To Kursk

Russia reportedly shifting troops from Kaliningrad to Kursk following Ukraine's incursion. Lithuanian Defense Minister praises Ukraine's actions.

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Russia accused of meddling in the GPS systems of Baltic Sea countries

Russia is being accused of jamming GPS signals across northern Europe, putting airlines on alert to possible flight disruptions. The rising frequency of these incidents is also shining a spotlight on recent trends in electronic warfare.

France 24

Putin orders development of homegrown Steam Deck-like gaming machines — 100% self-sufficiency goal apparently applies to gaming, too

The creation of a Steam gaming-like ecosystem, including a handheld device, is featured on a new Putin-approved list of development plans for the Kaliningrad region of Russia.

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The Guardian - UK

Russia suspected of jamming GPS signal on aircraft carrying Grant Shapps

RAF jet was taking UK defence secretary back to UK from Poland, and flying near Russian exclave of Kaliningrad

Evening Standard

Russia 'jams signal' on RAF plane carrying Grant Shapps in 'wildly irresponsible' act

The Cabinet minister’s aircraft reportedly had its GPS signal interfered with while flying close to Kaliningrad

International Business Times

Does Sweden Joining Make The Baltic Sea A 'NATO Lake'?

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.

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine will join Nato after war, Stoltenberg says; estimates of 1,000 Russian daily casualties ‘plausible’, says UK – as it happened

Jens Stoltenberg says Nato will agree recommendations for Ukrainians; Russian losses in Avdiivka could account for one of most difficult months for Russia

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The Independent UK

Russia forced to move air defences from Kaliningrad to Ukraine frontline amid heavy losses

Russia has moved valuable missile systems from strategic enclave enclosed by Nato members on three sides

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 642

Russia taking air defence systems from Kaliningrad to sustain war, says British MoD; arms industry tsar wants to make Ukraine ‘arsenal of free world’

The Independent UK

Abortion restrictions in Russia spark outrage as the country takes a conservative turn

Recent proposals by authorities to restrict access to abortion have touched a nerve across Russia, which has embraced increasingly conservative values

WEKU

Poland's dangerous eastern border takes center stage in upcoming elections

The NATO and EU member borders Belarus, the Russian territory of Kaliningrad and Ukraine — plus a strip of land connecting it to Lithuania. It is an unstable and volatile mix of frontiers.

The Independent UK

Poland and Lithuania say they fear provocations from Russia and Belarus at NATO's eastern flank

Polish and Lithuanian leaders have held an urgent meeting in a strategically sensitive area where their NATO nations border Belarus and the Russian territory of Kaliningrad

The Guardian - UK

Kremlin calls Poland’s decision to rename Kaliningrad a ‘hostile act’

Russian city will now be known as Królewiec in official documents, its name in the 15th and 16th centuries

The Independent UK

Poland reverts to historic name for Russia's Kaliningrad

Poland is reverting to using its historical name for Kaliningrad, the Russian city and administrative region that sits on its border

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