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Amid row with West, Putin ally arrives in Russia's Kaliningrad -RIA

One of President Vladimir Putin's top allies arrived in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad on Tuesday to discuss national security amid a row with NATO member Lithuania which stopped the transit of EU-sanctioned goods to Russian territory.

Reuters

Russia warns UK will 'cease to exist' in nuclear WW3 saying Britain will vanish

Retired Lieutenant-General Evgeny Buzhinsky lashed out at British general Sir Patrick Sanders, saying: “The island will vanish, so I’ve no idea where he or his descendants will live"

Daily Mirror

Russia to react 'in any way we choose' amid blockade dispute with NATO member

Reports have emerged that Putin could declare martial law on five Russian regions bordering Ukraine

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Russian forces capture settlements near Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 118 of the invasion

Moscow threatens to retaliate after Lithuania bans transit of goods to the Russian outpost of Kaliningrad; EU calls blockade of the Ukrainian grain a war crime

The Guardian - AU

Moscow to summon EU ambassador to Russia over Kaliningrad transit - Kaliningrad governor

The Russian foreign ministry will summon on Tuesday European Union ambassador to Moscow Markus Ederer over Lithuania's ban of the transit of goods under EU sanctions through Kaliningrad, the governor of Kaliningrad said on Monday.

Reuters

Russia threatens Lithuania over ‘more than serious’ Kaliningrad rail goods ban

‘Russia reserves the right to take action’ says Peskov as EU sanctions squeeze Baltic exclave

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Russia Warns NATO-Member Lithuania over Kaliningrad Transit

Russia warned NATO member Lithuania on Monday that unless the transit of goods to Russia's Kaliningrad exclave on the Baltic Sea was swiftly restored then Moscow would take undisclosed measures to defend its national interests. With east-west relations at a half-century low over Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, Vilnius…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia warns Lithuania over Kaliningrad goods restrictions

Moscow decries ‘hostile’ restrictions on flow of EU-sanctioned goods to Russian exclave, as Lithuania defends measures.

Al Jazeera

Russia threatens retaliation as Lithuania bans goods transit to Kaliningrad

EU concerned over Moscow’s comments as people panic-buy in Baltic Sea exclave

The Guardian - UK

Russia warns NATO-member Lithuania over Kaliningrad transit

Reuters

Vladimir Putin's pals warn of 'triggering World War 3' as Russia bares its teeth to NATO

The damning threat comes amid claims Russian President Vladimir Putin could declare martial law and mobilisation in five Russian regions bordering Ukraine in a desperate bid to boost his war effort

Daily Mirror

Russia condemns Lithuania transit ban to Kaliningrad, vows response

The Kremlin on Monday called Lithuania's decision to ban the transit of some goods to Russia's Kaliningrad region "unprecedented" and vowed to respond.

Reuters

Wollongong Art Gallery donor Bob Sredersas was a member of Nazi intelligence, report concludes

Bronius "Bob" Sredersas, who donated about 100 works to a Wollongong gallery and has a room named after him, is found to have been a Nazi during the German occupation of Lithuania.

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Al Jazeera

Ukraine latest updates: Russians at Severodonetsk industry zone

Ukraine news from June 20: Russian troops enter Severodonetsk industrial zone, according to Luhansk’s regional governor.

Reuters

Lithuanian bishops call for scrapping of same-sex partnership bill

Lithuanian bishops have called on politicians to vote down proposed same-sex partnership legislation, quoting words used by Pope Francis to argue that civil unions distort the concept of marriage and family.

Reuters

Lithuania says sanctions on goods to Kaliningrad take effect from Saturday

Lithuanian authorities said a ban on the transit through their territory to the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad of goods that are subject to EU sanctions will take effect from Saturday.

Reuters

Russian region says Lithuania will curb imports, exports by rail

Lithuania has told the Russian region of Kaliningrad that it will block the import and export of a large number of goods by rail because of Western sanctions, the regional governor said on Friday.

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Lithuania parliament urges criminal prosecution of Russian leadership

The Lithuanian parliament on Thursday called for the criminal prosecution of Russia's leadership for its invasion of Ukraine and what it said is the wide-scale forced deportation of Ukrainians to Russian territory.

Reuters

The Baltic states want more NATO. They won't get all they seek

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have been calling for their region to receive the biggest build-up of combat-ready NATO forces in Europe since the end of the Cold War, to be agreed at a summit on June 28-30 in Madrid.

Liverpool Echo

Mum's 'painful' complaint as she sheds seven stone after gastric bypass surgery

Fiona MacDonald weighed 17st 7lbs when she flew out to Lithuania for the operation

Al Jazeera

Czech Republic eyes exit from China’s 16+1 investment club

Citing ‘unfulfilled expectations’, Prague considers leaving China’s 16+1 investment club for Central and Eastern Europe.

Belfast Live

Manchester United midfielder Ethan Galbraith in reflective mood after playing final game for Northern Ireland Under 21s

Ethan Galbraith captained the side in Tuesday's 1-1 draw with Lithuania

Reuters

NATO combat unit in Lithuania could grow to German-led brigade in longer term - Scholz

Berlin and Vilnius will take preparations to expand the multinational NATO combat unit in Lithuania to the size of a brigade eventually, the countries' leaders said in a joint statement on Tuesday.

Reuters

Germany's Scholz pledges to boost military mission in Lithuania

Germany is ready to ramp up its military mission in Lithuania in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said during a visit to Vilnius on Tuesday.

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