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A U.S. armored vehicle that went missing in Lithuania has been retrieved from a swamp after a six-day search but there is still no information about the fate of the four American soldiers who were on board, Lithuanian officials said Monday.

Four Eastern European countries say they wish to withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty on landmines, citing “Russia’s aggression” and “dire security challenges” on NATO’s “vulnerable eastern flank”.

European leaders flocked to Ukraine on Monday to pledge their support on the third anniversary of the Russian invasion, badly rattled by President Donald Trump’s negotiations with Russia and public feud with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The flow of electricity between the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and Russia was officially severed Saturday morning after officials switched off the Soviet-era grid’s transmission lines and prepared to join the rest of Europe on Sunday.

“And then the main question is, what will be the next target of Russia? Ukraine, maybe. Baltic countries, maybe.”

Lithuania has decided to raise its spending on defense to between 5% and 6% of overall national economic output starting in 2026.

Poland’s Foreign Minister said Russia should be kicked out of a Cold War-era body created to de-escalate nuclear tensions.

The Assembly of the Cuban Resistance (ARC) urged the European Union this week to cease its financial support of Cuba’s communist regime.

President’s main tasks in the NATO-member state are foreign and defense policy, as supreme commander of the armed forces.

The legislature of Georgia approved a controversial “foreign agent” law despite massive protests in the streets and fistfights in parliament.

Belarus accuses NATO of provocations that could trigger nucelar apocalypse, and of allegedly launching ‘combat drone’ strikes against Minsk.

A Chinese container ship remains the prime suspect in causing damage last year to a Baltic Sea gas pipeline between NATO members.

NATO member Lithuania hailed “historic event” as Germany began deploying troops to the Baltic, the first time since World War II.

Leonid Volkov, Alexei Navalny’s close associate and top strategist, accused Putin´s “henchmen” of hospitalising him.

West no longer post-Cold War and is in a new “pre-war” era with limited time left to prepare for and deter future conflicts, the UK says.

Leaked German military documents have warned of a full-blown war between Russia and NATO with hundreds of thousands of troops deployed.

Zelensky has arrived in Latvia, the final stop on his Baltic mini-tour as he attempts to drum up further support and missiles.

The foreign ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania said they “deeply regret the decision enabling the personal participation” of Lavrov.

Finland and Estonia said the undersea Balticconnector gas pipeline has been temporarily taken out of service due to a suspected leak.

Finland joined the three Baltic countries in banning vehicles with Russian license plates from entering their territory.

Poland and the Baltic states said they will close their borders with Belarus in the event of a military incidents or a migrant push by Minsk.

Polish and Lithuanian leaders held urgent meeting in a strategically sensitive area where their NATO nations border Belarus and Russia.

Lithuania has begun revoking residence permits of Russians deemed to have “disloyal views” such as who is the rightful owner of Crimea.

NATO is “more united than ever”, Ukraine is on a path to membership, and is now treated as an equal to NATO, it was said in Vilnius.

President Joe Biden shunned fellow world leaders Tuesday night and skipped a NATO dinner, with the White House citing the president’s workload for retiring early to his hotel in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appears to be unhappy with reports that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit currently underway in Vilnius, Lithuania will culminate with an offer of increased support for Ukraine against the Russian invasion, but not an offer of full membership in NATO.

NATO’s annual summit in kicked off with new pledges of military support, with new missiles and tanks heading east from Germany and France.

Turkey has officially backed the NATO membership bid of Sweden in exchange for the Nordic nation’s support of Islamic country joining the EU.

China’s state-run Global Times struggled to contain its editorial blood pressure on Sunday as it reported the leaders of South Korea and Japan will attend this week’s NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, for the second year in a row.

U.S. President Joe Biden flew into the United Kingdom on Sunday night, a stop-off on his way to the NATO summit in Lithuania tomorrow.

Karolis Chvedukas, a Lithuanian soccer star who played for Marijampolė City, died “unexpectedly” at the young age of 32, a report says.

The three Baltic states condemned comments by China’s envoy to France, who suggested that former Soviet republics aren’t sovereign nations.

Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for treason after declaring herself president.

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) – In a dusty workshop in northern Lithuania, a dozen men are transforming hundreds of wheel rims into potbelly stoves to warm Ukrainians huddled in trenches and bomb shelters. As the sparks subside, one welder marks the countertop: 36 made that day. Hours later, they’ve reached 60.

VALAKELIAI, Lithuania (AP) – A powerful gas pipeline explosion that prompted the evacuation of a village in northern Lithuania was most likely caused by a technical malfunction, the head of the country’s natural gas transmission system said Saturday.

An explosion hit a pipeline connecting Latvia and Lithuania on Friday afternoon, sparking an evacuation of the nearby village.