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Visegrad 4 countries commit to sending troops to Baltic States

The Visegrad Group, which contains Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, have agreed to send rotating forces to the Baltic States from next year. […]

Defence

US F-22 stealth fighters land in Lithuanian airbase

Two United States F-22 Raptor stealth aircraft landed in Lithuania at Šiauliai Airbase on Wednesday. […]

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NATO jets scrambled three times to intercept Russian bombers last week

NATO fighter jets serving in the NATO air policing mission in the Baltic countries were scrambled three times last week to intercept Russian military aircraft, including bombers, flying in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence said on Monday. […]

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Russia ‘to use meeting with NATO to oppose increased deployments in Baltic’

As NATO and Russian officials are meeting for the first time in two years in Brussels on Wednesday, Lithuanian experts say Moscow will use the occasion to oppose NATO deployments in the Baltic States. […]