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Drones originating from Russia struck an Estonian power plant and fell in Latvia, highlighting spillover risks from the Ukraine war. Estonian authorities confirmed a drone entered from Russia and hit a power plant chimney, while Latvia reported a drone falling on its territory. These incidents underscore the escalating regional impact of the conflict.

On Victory Day, Russia staged a patriotic concert facing Narva, an estonian border city with a large Russian-speaking population, heightening tensions. The event, featuring Soviet imagery and slogans, coincided with a rival concert in Narva. This comes amid rising concerns over the rights of Russian citizens in Estonia, following a new law restricting their participation in local elections.

"The best solution to peace and stability in Estonia would be to convince our Russian population to perceive themselves as Estonians.

Russian police have put Estonian prime minister Kaja Kallas, Estonian state secretary Taimar Peterkop, and Lithuanian Culture Minister Simonas Kairys on the wanted list for "desecration of historical memory" and "destroying monuments to Soviet soldiers". Baltic nations plan to demolish Soviet-era monuments. Several dozen Baltic politicians are also wanted by Russia.

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are constructing a network of bunkers as part of their defense strategy in response to tensions with Russia and Belarus. The project, costing around €60 million, will include approximately 600 bunkers in Estonia. The Baltic nations also plan to operate HIMARS multiple rocket launcher systems and conduct NATO Air Policing in Latvia.

Russian air defences destroyed a drone approaching Moscow, the city's mayor said on Thursday. Air defence forces in Voskresensky district, about 60 kilometres (35 miles) from the capital, "destroyed a drone flying towards Moscow," mayor Sergei Sobyanin wrote on Telegram. He did not say where the drone had come from.

Estonian prime minister Kaja Kallas has expressed her interest in becoming the next secretary general of Nato. Kallas, who has been a vocal supporter of Ukraine and a critic of Russia, made her statement during the Politico Defense Summit in Washington. Nato's current chief, Jens Stoltenberg, is set to step down in 2024. However, some Nato diplomats and experts have raised concerns about Kallas being too hawkish for the alliance. Kallas's popularity in Estonia has also been affected by revelations about her husband's business activities in Russia.

Military tension has reached an all-time high between the West and Russia prompted by the recent Ukraine crisis leading to a highly disturbing picture of violations of national airspace, emergency scrambles, narrowly avoided mid-air collisions, close encounters at sea and simulated attack runs over a very wide geographical area across Europe.

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In what could have been catastrophic, it was confirmed on Saturday that a Russian military aircraft turned off its transponders to avoid commercial radar and nearly collided with a passenger jet over Sweden.

British defence secretary Michael Fallon on Thursday said the Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia could be Russian President Vladimir Putin’s next targets.

Estonian chess talent Mai Narva achieved a remarkable feat by winning the Global Chess League (GCL) Contenders Knockout while simultaneously competing in the European Team Chess Championship. The 26-year-old International Master (IM) juggled over-the-board classical games with online rapid matches, securing the Women's Contenders champion title and earning the GCL 2025 Ambassador role.

Estonia has not yet reacted to the "wanted" status. Russia downgraded diplomatic relations with Estonia in Jan 2023, accusing the country of "total Russophobia." The Baltic states view the Soviet-era monuments as unwelcome symbols of occupation.

Two tourists from Estonia, Eha Kutt (46) and her husband Vahur Estkkak (45), were seriously injured when a group of tribals mistook them for robbers and suddenly pelted stones at them on Tuesday evening near Gujarat-Rajasthan border in Udaipur district.

The five-member high level team, now in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, said they would visit some locations near the Sudanese border to gather information.

At a foreign policy forum in Helsinki, Finland’s President Alexander Stubb said that Russia is engaged in two wars. The first is a kinetic, conventional war in Ukraine, while the second is a hybrid war aimed at Europe and the West, designed to influence public discourse and undermine security. Examples of Russia’s hybrid warfare tactics include sending groups of migrants to storm borders, jamming GPS signals, and recruiting criminals for acts of sabotage. These actions have been reported by several countries, including Finland, the Baltic states, and Poland.

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has stressed that Europe must heed the call of the Baltic states to ‘build a drone wall’ — an AI-based multilayered drone defence system. Here’s what we know

The Baltic states, on the edge of the European Union and the limit of NATO's reach, are preparing for a potential breach of their borders by Russia. The Baltic countries have bitter experience of Russian aggression and have been warning of Moscow's aggression for years. But no one is expecting Putin to launch an immediate attack.

Latvia would not send athletes to an Olympic Games that included Russian and Belarusian nationals while the invasion in Ukraine is ongoing, a spokesperson for the country's Olympic committee said on Wednesday.

Kyiv was targeted early Wednesday by the "most powerful" barrage of missiles and drones since the spring, authorities said, with two people reported dead, as Russia claimed it destroyed four Ukrainian boats in the Black Sea carrying up to 50 soldiers. More than 20 missiles and drones were "destroyed by air defence forces" overnight, the Kyiv City Military Administration wrote on Telegram