A pause in the Ukraine war will allow Russia to rebuild its forces in preparation for an attack on NATO and European nations within five years, Latvia’s security service warned Monday. The Baltic nation’s Constitution Protection Bureau (SAB) assessed that Russia does not currently have the manpower and resources to threaten NATO thanks to “the costly invasion” against Ukraine — but that could change with time.

Estonia, a Baltic country of 1.4 million people that has long punched far above its weight in the tech sector, is now leading central and eastern Europe's rush to fund defence projects spurred by Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Europe needs to rapidly ramp up defense spending to address Russia’s invasion in Ukraine, said Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovile Sakaliene.

There are new warnings of a wider conflict coming to Europe as Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says in a new interview his country has belief Russia may attack Poland or Lithuania, both NATO members, as early as the summer.

China is helping Russia's military drone production by becoming a hub for the smuggling of critical Western components for Moscow's armed forces, Estonia's foreign intelligence said in its annual national security report published on Wednesday.

Northern Europe’s Baltic Sea is bordered by nations including Germany, Russia and Latvia. Many critical cables and pipelines cross the seafloor. But with tensions rising in the region, NATO is looking for ways to ensure all that infrastructure stays safe.

The shift in U.S. support for Ukraine in its war with Russia, which enters its fourth year on Monday, has raised alarms in Kyiv and in capitals across Europe. A new documentary finds that those anxieties are especially high in some of Russia’s neighbors on the Baltic Sea.

Ballet dancers who evacuated to Japan when Russia invaded Ukraine conveyed Japanese culture and a message of peace on a tour to Latvia Ukrainian ballet dancers Nelia Ivanova and Svitlana Shlikhter were deeply moved when the audience gave a standing ovation during their Japan-based troupe's performance in Latvia,

On this day in 1917, German forces regained lost ground from Russia in an offensive near Riga, while in Tynemouth, Alan Lowther is besieged from all sides. Written by Katie Hims.

The Nordic and Baltic countries on Friday gave renewed backing to Ukraine's fight against Russia, promising in a joint statement to further increase their support.

NATO has launched a naval mission aimed at protecting undersea infrastructure, cables and pipelines which Nordic and Baltic governments believe have become targets of sabotage, likely by Russia.

Keeping Putin bogged down in Ukraine makes all 32 NATO nations safer. Finland, Romania, and Estonia, in particular, recognize the urgency of stopping Russia before the threat reaches them. The U.S. and U.