A photo taken on December 28, 2024 off Porkkalanniemi, Kirkkonummi, in the Gulf of Finland, shows oil tanker Eagle S (C), which flies under the flag of the Cook Islands, next to Finnish border guard ...

Russia's Baltic Fleet no longer has the ability to launch large-scale amphibious operations, according to a new report. The findings are based on analysis of recent drills—dubbed Ocean Shield ...

Belarus on Monday accused Lithuania of using a drone to spy on it and drop "extremist material," a charge that Vilnius rejected as false. The row comes amid strained tensions between the two countries ...

ABOARD A FRENCH NAVY FLIGHT OVER THE BALTIC SEA — With its powerful camera, the French navy surveillance plane scouring the Baltic Sea zoomed in on a cargo ship plowing the waters below — closer, ...

An undersea fiber optic cable between Latvia and Sweden was damaged on Sunday, likely as a result of external influence, Latvia said, triggering an investigation by local and NATO maritime forces in ...

The project seeks to fortify a 600-mile stretch of the Baltic borders Some 1,000 concrete bunkers with trenches, anti-tank ditches, ammunition depots and supply shelters are part of a joint plan to ...

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania agreed to build a Baltic defense line in the coming years to strengthen the eastern border with Belarus and Russia, the Estonian Defense Ministry said on Jan. 19. Russia ...

STUTTGART, Germany — A contingent of U.S. Marines has deployed to coastal Finland to assist a NATO operation aimed at tracking down potential saboteurs in the Baltic Sea. About 40 Marines carrying ...

Russia's Ministry of Defense said it began live-fire naval exercises in the Baltic Sea on Wednesday, ratcheting up tensions with nearby European nations that are already high over NATO and Ukraine.