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The Latvian government has approved a €303 million plan to strengthen fortifications along its eastern border with russia and belarus as part of a joint Baltic defense line.

Estonia, France and Poland are calling on the European Commission to increase funding for the defense industry to speed up joint procurement and production of military equipment across Europe.

Ukrainian athletes won 7 awards at the European Airgun Championships in Hungary, including 2 gold medals.

Over the next nine months, the German Air Force will take control of patrolling NATO airspace over Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from an air base in Latvia.

Starting March 11, cars with Russian license plates will be confiscated in Lithuania. The exception will be their transit to and from the Kaliningrad region. Such cars can stay in the country for no more than 24 hours with the mandatory presence of the owner

Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Maguchikh won silver at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow with a height of 1. 97 meters, while her main rival Nicola Olislagers of Australia won gold with a height of 1.99 meters.

The European Parliament overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling on EU countries to provide Ukraine with weapons until it achieves victory over Russia.

Oleksandra Merkushyna won her first gold medal at the World Junior Biathlon Championships in Otepaa, Estonia, in the women's 60-meter mass start.

The Prosecutor General of Ukraine expressed confidence that an international tribunal to prosecute the Russian leadership for the crime of aggression against Ukraine would be established, and that the prosecutor's office was already collecting evidence for this case.

Estonian Prime Minister Kallas hopes that Denmark's decision to send all of its ammunition to Ukraine will inspire other countries to provide more military assistance.

German and French fighter jets were scrambled and escorted a Russian military aircraft near their borders without incident as part of NATO air patrol missions.

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas announced that Estonia will allocate 0. 25% of its GDP for military support to Ukraine for four years.

The Ministry of Defense presented Ukraine's needs for the development of an unmanned coalition to the military attaches of partner countries and asked them to support the financing of Ukrainian drone production.

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas says her country has successfully stopped a Russian hybrid operation by detaining 10 people accused of damaging government vehicles on behalf of Russian special services.

The Baltic foreign ministers condemned russia's plans to hold presidential "elections" in the occupied Ukrainian territories, saying they violate Ukraine's sovereignty and international law.

The United States transferred about $500,000 of confiscated Russian assets to Estonia to help Ukraine repair the power grid damaged by Russian attacks.

The United States will transfer half a million dollars of frozen Russian assets to Ukraine via Estonia, the first such transfer through a third country.

NATO is developing plans to deploy the Alliance's armed forces across Europe in response to Russia's intensification of its defense industry and military buildup over the past year.

The new members of the Donor Coordination Platform will commit more than $5. 5 billion to Ukraine's recovery to help avoid financial instability in 2024.

Defense Minister Umerov announces the official launch of the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Coalition and the UAV Coalition after the 19th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group.

Defense Minister Umerov discussed the results of the 19th meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine's Defense, including the formation of coalitions to provide Ukraine with assistance in air defense, drones and demining.

10 countries have signed an agreement to cooperate in an IT coalition to help Ukraine build an interoperable IT infrastructure for its defense forces over the next 6 years.

Due to increased migration pressure from Russia, Estonia has warned that it may be forced to close some border crossing points.

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said she would continue to vocally support Ukraine despite the fact that she was put on russia's wanted list. She called russia's actions a common intimidation tactic.

russia has put Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, former Latvian Interior Minister Maria Golubeva, and 59 members of the Latvian Seimas on the wanted list in response to the demolition of Soviet monuments.

Estonia will impose fines for retransmitting russian TV content in nursing homes and other public places.

Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu believes that Russia will not deliberately attack Romania, as there are no grounds for aggression.

Estonia will continue to build a defense line on the border with Russia, despite Vladimir Putin's statement that he has no intention of attacking NATO countries.

According to UN statistics, Hungary ranks penultimate among the countries hosting Ukrainian refugees under the UN refugee response plan, despite Orban's claim that Hungary is making the greatest efforts.

NATO troops are conducting winter exercises in Estonia, involving about 1,100 soldiers from different countries to practice winter operations and protect against potential threats from russia and belarus.