Securing an end to the fighting in Ukraine must take place with Kyiv's full involvement and come with more defense spending by regional countries to avoid any future Russian aggression, according to Lithuania's president.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda has declared that any effort to end Russia's war in Ukraine must fully involve Kyiv.

Lithuania established its 1st Division during a ceremony in Rukla on 28 January. The formation will consist of the Lithuanian army's Iron Wolf, Žemaitija, and

NATO is deploying eyes in the sky and on the Baltic Sea to protect cables and pipelines that stitch together the nine countries with shores on Baltic waters.

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys believes that NATO should be more decisive in countering Russian sabotage attacks. Source: Budrys in an interview with the German newspaper Spiegel, as reported by European Pravda Details: Busrys said that while ...

NATO has said its pledge for tens of billions of dollars in security aid for Ukraine will be fulfilled by the end of 2025. The alliance announced on Wednesday that 40 billion euros ($41.6 billion) which had been agreed by the bloc's 32 members during its Washington, D.C. summit last July would be sent to Kyiv this year.

Lithuania plans to dramatically increase defense spending to 5-6 percent of its GDP by 2026, citing the persistent threat of Russian aggression

TASS/. Two of the three Baltic states, Lithuania and Estonia, became the first NATO countries to commit to increasing defense spending to 5% of GDP amid US pressure, the Financial Times (FT ...

Lithuania's president says his country has made the decision to raise its spending on defense to between 5 and 6% of overall national economic output starting in 2026

Several undersea cables running under the surface of the Baltic Sea have been damaged in suspected sabotage incidents in recent months.

When Jovita Neliupšienė, the European Union’s ambassador to the United States, visited a helicopter manufacturer based in Northeast Philly this month, she emphasized the power of the trans-Atlantic connection: Leonardo,

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda says that any peace settlement in Ukraine must involve Kyiv and come with more defense spending by regional countries to deter future Russian aggression.