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The Bundeswehr announced on Monday that they plan to send 5,000 soldiers to Lithuania for the construction of a permanent base that will be stationed by both members of the Bundeswehr and other members of NATO in order to further solidify the western alliance’s strength on the eastern front. A First in Decades: A detachment of 20 soldiers was sent on...

Over the weekend, the Russian Embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania, was targeted by unidentified assailants, who threw Molotov cocktails at the building, on two successive nights. These events took place in the early morning hours of both Sunday and Monday, causing damage to the embassy's external wall. Following the attacks, Lithuanian police have initiated a criminal investigation into the property damage,...

Volkov Attack Background: At approximately 1600 EST on 12 Mar 24,  former Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s Chief of Staff, Leonid Volkov was attacked outside his residence in Vilnius, Lithuania by men armed with hammers and tear gas. The Lithuania government decried the incident and initially claimed it was a “planned operation”, declaring that the perpetrators would be held accountable by...