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The Latest Breaking News from Lithuania

UK Foreign Office rules for Hungary, Poland and others amid Ukraine invasion

The horrific conflict has put neighbouring nations at risk

Liverpool Echo

Lithuania asks international criminal court to investigate war crimes in Ukraine

Lithuania's government announced on Monday it will ask prosecutors at the International Criminal Court to investigate "war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine".

Reuters

"It is your children dying": Lithuanian women appeal to Russian mothers to stop war

Several thousand woman protested at the Russian Embassy in the Lithuanian capital on Sunday, calling on Russian women to rise up and stop the war in Ukraine.

Reuters

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Airplane carrying Norway NATO troops lands in Lithuania

A military aircraft carrying Norwegian troop reinforcements landed in Lithuania on Sunday, part of a wider NATO buildup in the Baltic region following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

The King William’s College quiz 2021 – the answers

Just after Christmas, we published the Isle of Man school’s 117th fiendish general knowledge paper. Did you dare to try it? Here are the answers

The Guardian - UK

Baltic Nations Seek to Shut Airspace to Russia

The Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have decided to close their airspace to Russian airlines, transport officials in the three countries said. The legal formulation for the measure is underway and it wasn’t immediately clear when precisely the ban would take effect. Lithuanian Transport Marius Skuodis told media…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lithuania closes its airspace to Russian airlines, ending direct flights to Kaliningrad exclave

Lithuania will ban Russian airlines from using its airspace from 2200 GMT on Saturday, the government said, joining other European countries which have taken the same step following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

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Send military help to Ukraine, sanction Russia harshly, east EU leaders tell Scholz

Leaders from Poland and Lithuania urged the European Union on Saturday to go further in their support for Ukraine in the face of a Russian invasion, as they headed into a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Reuters

Lithuania says Netherlands to send additional troops

The Netherlands will send additional troops to Lithuania to reinforce the Baltic NATO deployment, the Lithuanian defence minister said on Saturday.

Reuters

Poland, Lithuania and Germany to discuss sanctions on Russia on Saturday

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda will meet German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin on Saturday to discuss sanctions on Russia, Polish government spokesperson Piotr Muller said on Twitter.

Reuters

Fears Vladimir Putin could attack Baltic states after Ukraine invasion

British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said Vladimir Putin 'won't stop' at Ukraine, with NATO members Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia likely next in the firing line

Daily Mirror

Ireland fans eager for Aviva action as FAI Season Ticket sales surpass 15,000

The number of Season Tickets sold so far has surpassed the last pre-Covid sales total of 14,500 in 2020

Irish Mirror

U.S. sending F-35s jets to Baltics, extends stay of its troops

The United States deployed F-35 fighter jets to Estonia and Lithuania on Thursday and extended the stay of its existing troops in the region, the Lithuanian defence ministry said.

Reuters

UK Army size as NATO vows response to Russia's 'full-fledged' invasion of Ukraine

We answer common questions about the size of the UK Armed Forces, how many troops Russia has, and NATO's strategy after Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said there is now an invasion from land, air and sea

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Reuters

Lithuania declares state of emergency after Russia invades Ukraine

Lithuania's president declared a state of emergency on Thursday, telling the NATO country's army to deploy along its borders in response to "possible disturbances and provocations due to large military forces massed in Russia and Belarus".

Pedestrian.tv

Countries Are Closing Airspace & Declaring States Of Emergency After Russia’s Ukraine Invasion

There are also reports that 40 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed.

The Independent UK

Ukraine: Russian invasion leaves Baltics wondering if they are Moscow’s next target

People in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fear that they may be at risk

The Independent UK

Ukraine attack leaves Baltics wondering: Are we next?

To Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians — particularly those old enough to have lived under Soviet control — Russia’s belligerence toward Ukraine has some worried that they could be the Kremlin's next target

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Cyberattacks Accompany Russian Military Assault on Ukraine

The websites of Ukraine's defense, foreign and interior ministries were unreachable or painfully slow to load Thursday morning after a punishing wave of distributed-denial-of-service attacks as Russia struck at its neighbor, explosions shaking the capital of Kyiv and other major cities. In addition to DDoS attacks on Wednesday, cybersecurity researchers…

Reuters

Poland and Lithuania say Ukraine deserves EU candidate status due to 'current security challenges'

Ukraine deserves European Union candidate status, and Poland and Lithuania will support it in this goal, the presidents of the two countries said in a joint declaration with the Ukrainian president on Wednesday.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Trudy Rubin: Why Putin's Ukraine aggression will change the world — an explainer on how we got here

The world is reacting to Vladimir Putin's new invasion of eastern Ukraine, as Western nations try forestall a wider invasion. I just returned from two weeks in Ukraine and Lithuania, where I spoke to leaders and everyday citizens about the crisis. Here is some background context to help untangle the…

Reuters

Six EU countries send experts to help Ukraine deal with cyber threats

Six European Union countries are sending a team of cybersecurity experts to Ukraine to help deal with cyber threats after Russia formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, Lithuania's deputy defence minister said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Germany could send more troops to NATO's eastern flank -defence minister

Germany could send more troops to Lithuania and other countries on NATO's eastern flank after Russia formally recognised two regions of Ukraine as independent, Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said on Tuesday.

Al Jazeera

Latest Ukraine updates: Biden announces new Russia sanctions

Latest Ukraine crisis updates from February 22: Blinken cancels upcoming meeting with Russia’s Lavrov as tensions mount.

Reuters

Baltics call for swift EU sanctions on Russia after it recognizes Ukrainian breakaway republics

The European Union must impose sanctions on Russia immediately after it recognised two Ukrainian breakaway regions as independent, the governments of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania said after Russia's announcement.

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