“This is a very dangerous phase of escalation and we should address it really seriously because we are minutes from big casualties here,” said Budrys, who will present his concerns his counterparts at Thursday’s Foreign Affairs Council. “If it would be successful, these operations, this sabotage that was conducted in Poland, we would be talking … Read more
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The two crew members, the captain and his deputy, were arrested on charges of refusing to obey a summons and failing to justify the ship’s nationality, according to the prosecutor’s office. Discussions between EU leaders in Copenhagen Oct. 1 were dominated by Russia drone incursions against EU countries and a proposal by the European Commission … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. fighter jets scrambled to identify and intercept four Russian warplanes flying near Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said Thursday. It’s the third time in about a month and the ninth time this year NORAD has reported such an incident involving Russian aircraft flying near Alaska. This latest incident happened … Read more
NATO scrambled two Eurofighter jets over the Baltic Sea on Sept. 21 after a Russian reconnaissance aircraft was detected flying without a filed flight plan, the German Delegation to NATO reported. The aircraft, an Il-20M, departed from Russia and entered international airspace without establishing communication, making visual identification the only way to confirm its presence. … Read more
Europe’s eastern borders were already on high alert after NATO forces shot down 19 Russian drones that invaded Poland’s airspace last Wednesday. On Saturday, two Romanian F-16 fighter jets spotted a Russian drone over Romanian territory while doing a scouting exercise to monitor Russian airstrikes across the border in Ukraine. Romania’s foreign minister slammed the … Read more
“Last night’s ‘training wheel’ attack by the Russians on Poland (and that is what it was) shows how the states of the alliance have not bothered to prepare properly for not only future war —but the war that is staring them right now in the face,” he said. Ukraine, which is used to almost daily … Read more
In his note, Orbán wrote that “just before the historic meeting between President Trump and [Russian President Vladimir] Putin in Alaska,” Ukraine carried out drone strikes on the Druzhba oil pipeline in Russian territory. The pipeline, which was restored by Aug. 19, was hit again two days later. Notably, both strikes were carried out by … Read more
WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s defense minister said that a flying object that crashed and exploded in a cornfield in eastern Poland early Wednesday was identified as a Russian drone, calling it a provocation by Russia. At a news conference in Warsaw, Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz accused Russia of provoking NATO during a crucial moment, as … Read more
Canada announced on Aug. 8 that it will join allies in lowering the price cap on Russian oil in response to Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine. The news follows the EU statement on implementing a new dynamic ceiling on Russian oil prices beginning Sept. 3 as part of its 18th sanctions package against Moscow. The … Read more