Putin is expanding bases and preparing to move more troops to European border regions far from Ukraine. “We’re expecting some ...

NATO's military exercises are underway in Baltics near Russian military base amid the growing security threat from Moscow. The drills involve ten countries, including Finland and Sweden. Meanwhile, ...

This came into force in June 2024. When Finland joined NATO in 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that reestablishing the Leningrad Military District was directly down to NATO increasing ...

President Trump may be turning relations with NATO and Russia inside out, but winter war games revealed that two militaries’ ...

The two-week international military exercise Pikne (“lightning“) has begun in Estonia today. Units from NATO countries will ... on the shores of the Gulf of Finland. During the first week ...

NATO member Finland plans to quit a global convention banning anti-personnel landmines and boost defense spending to at least 3% of GDP by 2029 in response to the evolving military threat from ...

Russia has begun building new military infrastructure along its border with Finland, in a move Finnish army officials have described as a deliberate attempt to test NATO's alliance and resolve.