Planned Russian military reforms that would increase Moscow's troop numbers by 30% are a threat to NATO and should be met with vigilance, the chief of Finland's military intelligence service Pekka Turunen said on Thursday.
"Had it continued for another 12 minutes, the carnage would have been much worse than the four basic cables that were there," Finnish President Alexander Stubb said.
Lithuania is to increase its defense spending to between 5 percent and 6 percent of its GDP from 2026, matching Trump's target.
Crew on board an oil tanker accused of sabotaging undersea power and communications cables in the Baltic Sea were poised to cut other cables and pipelines when Finnish authorities boarded the vessel last month,
The alliance has stepped up intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance activities around the Baltic Sea amid concerns of Russian gray zone warfare.
Finland joining NATO means Putin gets the exact opposite of what he sought by invading Ukraine, Stoltenberg said After Finland officially becomes the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)'s ...
Finland will mark an important moment later this month with its first-ever participation in the Air Policing Mission in Iceland as a NATO member. One fighter detachment, made up of four Finnish F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets and up to 50 personnel,
Membership in NATO is the only credible long-term security guarantee Ukraine can receive against future Russian aggression, Finland's top diplomat said on Wednesday. Donald Trump's return to the White House on Jan.
NATO countries will deploy frigates, patrol aircraft and naval drones in the Baltic Sea to help protect critical infrastructure and reserve the right to take action against ships suspected of posing a security threat,
A spate of alleged sabotage operations against undersea cables in the Baltic Sea has raised the prospect of a dangerous 2025 in NATO's northern theater.
A French patrol aircraft operating in international airspace over the Baltic Sea as part of a NATO observation mission was detected by the radar of the Russian S-400 air defense system. French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu condemned this action,