Baltics

"Nobody knows where it is, but when you find it, it’s amazing," reads Vilnius's new tourism ad.

Nearly two weeks of exercises have prepared NATO allies to respond to insurgents.

America is leading a drill with 18 other nations in Europe's northeast.

The U.S. announced plans this week to provide the three Baltic States with around  $100 million to purchase large-caliber ammunition, and over $70 million for military training. 

Four countries bordering Russia reportedly called in Moscow's top diplomats on their territory as the EU decided its response to spy poisoning scandal.

The march of the Latvian Legionnaires brings together veterans of two divisions of the World War II-era German Waffen-SS.

The Russian jets didn't broadcast the proper codes to air traffic control.

With the establishment of a new Cyber Operations Center, NATO has launched a new, historic campaign of electronic warfare.

Russia’s increasing military activity and NATO’s mobilization of troops across Europe have put nonaligned Finland in a tough spot.

Lithuania’s defense minister said NATO states “need to address” permanent anti-aircraft power across the Baltic states and Poland to counter Russia.

A recently leaked NATO report said the alliance's existing command structure would "quickly fail" if met with an all-out attack by Russia.

Poland's president has signed a bill to increase the size of the army to 150,000 troops.

The arrival of new U.S. troops in Poland has Russia pondering deploying additional nuclear-capable Iskander missiles right across the border.

Latvia's emergency services hotline went dead for the first time ahead of Russia's biggest nearby war game in years. Some suspect this was no coincidence.

Experts say Russia is playing psychological games with its European neighbors.

Ukraine's President Poroshenko said Moscow showed no signs of backing off from his country and recent military activity shows the Kremlin is preparing for a much bigger conflict.

Last year, most Americans saw "friendly cooperation" as the way forward with Russia, but now they want Russia's power actively limited.

Russia and China appear to be getting along better than ever, so why is Russia moving nuclear-capable missiles to its far eastern border?

Russian helicopters blasted their targets not far from where the U.S. and NATO allies have just begun fortifying their air defenses.

NATO Military Commission Chairman General Petr Pavel said Russia is definitely building its conventional and nuclear arsenal.

In the Baltics, on Russia's western border, fear of war is strikingly high.

Russia and China are seeking greater military ties and have begun joint drills in the Baltic Sea, where NATO is highly active.

The 4,500-strong deployment and wider strategy is "fully operational," NATO's secretary general announced.

The Baltics were among the most concerned by Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014.

The top U.S. Army commander in Europe complained that Russia is being too secretive about upcoming large-scale military drills.

The U.S. is finishing up naval exercises with NATO allies in the Baltic region, but Russia has an even bigger display of military might in the works.

The Baltics have been particularly worried about Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014.

Russia and Belarus's neighbors are concerned about the huge drill they have planned.

The navy has scheduled a series of tests for the cruise missile armed Krasnodar submarine.

The Il-22 were followed by fighter jets whose transponders were switched off.