Lithuania

NATO nations are rotating air defense systems, including Patriot systems, to Lithuania to strengthen Europe's defense capabilities in the Baltic region in response to concerns about russian aggression.

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba warned that if Russia attacks the Baltic states, NATO will win, but their cities will be destroyed, like Bakhmut and Avdiivka in Ukraine.

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius warns of a potential €6 billion deficit in the Bundeswehr's budget for 2025, which threatens Germany's ability to meet the NATO target of 2% of GDP in defense spending.

France is forming an alliance of countries open to the potential deployment of Western troops to Ukraine, deepening its confrontation with a more cautious Germany.

The French foreign minister said that Ukraine has not asked for troops, but France does not rule out anything, including sending personnel to conduct demining operations in the coming months.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has called on allies to urgently increase and accelerate military aid to Ukraine, saying that the strategy of helping Ukraine "one drop at a time" no longer works to defeat Russia and prevent the spread of war in Europe.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will visit Lithuania to discuss with the foreign ministers of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and France a rapid increase in military aid to Ukraine.

russia has the resources from high oil prices, sanctions evasion and state investment to sustain the war in Ukraine at the current intensity for at least two more years, according to a report by Lithuanian intelligence services.

Western allies, including Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Denmark, Canada, and France, have expressed support for the Czech Republic's initiative to purchase hundreds of thousands of artillery shells for Ukraine from non-EU countries, with almost all of the necessary funding already secured.

Lithuania suspects that Russia is selling grain from the occupied Ukrainian territories through Baltic ports.

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.

Lithuania supports the Czech initiative to purchase and transfer artillery ammunition to Ukraine from outside the EU to help Ukraine defend itself against russian aggression.

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

The Lithuanian Prosecutor General's Office has recognized 130 Ukrainians as victims of russia's war crimes in Ukraine, and this number may increase.

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.

On March 1, Ukraine will increase electricity exports to Europe by 150 MW, starting next week.

Lithuania will strengthen control over the quality of grain imported from Russia and other high-risk countries, such as Belarus, Transnistria, and the territories of Ukraine and Georgia not controlled by their governments.

Polish President Andrzej Duda said that farmers' protests against the access of Ukrainian goods to the Polish market is a European problem that the European Commission should solve.

Lithuania calls for sanctions against Iran for supplying ballistic missiles to Russia to support its war against Ukraine.

Lithuania has banned the disembarkation and embarkation of passengers at border crossings with the Kaliningrad region by transit trains.

Lithuania will close two more checkpoints on the border with Belarus due to the migration crisis.

Among Ukrainians, the level of perception of Poland and the United States as friendly countries has decreased. The survey showed that most Ukrainians still consider the United States and Poland to be friendly countries, but positive assessments have decreased for both.

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.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is forced to allow farmers to continue blockading the Ukrainian border, calling into question his proclaimed strong support for Ukraine amid its conflict with Russia.

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 Lithuanian foreign minister warned that NATO countries cannot expect a surprise attack from Russia like Pearl Harbor and must be prepared for Russia to test NATO's defense.

Ukraine's Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko discussed deepening cooperation in the energy sector with his counterparts from the UK, France and Lithuania at a ministerial meeting in Paris on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the International Energy Agency.

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.