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A Lithuanian lawmaker fired back at the outspoken editor of Communist Party-owned newspaper The Global Times on Tuesday.

The campaign, known as Ghostwriter, attempts to instill conflict in the intergovernmental military group, obtain confidential information and spy on dissidents.

EU leaders are accusing Belarus and Moscow of weaponizing migrant flows as a diplomatic standoff spirals into a humanitarian crisis.

Top officials from the Baltic states told Newsweek that Moscow and Minsk are weaponizing vulnerable migrants.

Top diplomats told Newsweek President Joe Biden must contain the short- to medium-term Russian threat and face China's existential challenge.

Top diplomats from NATO's Baltic states said the former president's public belligerence belied the alliance's response to Russian aggression.

Top ministers in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania all told Newsweek they had little hope that Russia would act in good faith over the new natural gas pipeline.

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko warned the European Union on Tuesday night that Belarus would no longer protect neighboring states Lithuania, Latvia and Poland from immigrants illegally passing through the borders.

"Latvia considers that the only solution is new presidential elections," the Baltic country's foreign service told Newsweek of neighboring Belarus, where President Alexander Lukashenko warns against an outside plot against him.

"You don't own my body. You don't own me."

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. 

When asked whether he and the Baltic leaders experienced a "meeting of the minds" in regard to the threat from Moscow, Trump failed to mention Russia in his response.

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

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

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.

Latvia's armed forces reported observing two Russian Su-34 fighter jets, two Su-27 fighters, two MiG-31 fighters and one An-26 cargo jet.

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

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

The Baltic country claims Russian jets and vessels neared its borders 13 times last month.

The Latvian ambassador to Canada said he does not feel safe even as NATO forces arrive ahead of Russian war games simulating an attack on the West.

Reports suggested Russian ships might be readying for the arrival of a U.S. ship in the region.

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

Recent Russian deployments suggest a new intervention in Ukraine, Belarus or the Caucasus.

Russia's president thinks Donald Trump is not ready to meet a sudden challenge.

Diplomats from Ukraine and five other former Communist countries rallied for the U.S. Senate's backing.

On Ukraine's "quiet" front, there are daily artillery, rocket and sniper attacks.

After hopes of a quick détente, it's Cold War business as usual at the Kremlin.

Eastern Europe has become the most rapidly militarizing region on earth.

David Davis said the U.K. was not about to "shut the door" and that free movement would be phased out gradually.

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