If Putin isn't stopped 'whatever happens next is Europe's problem at large,' Lithuanian PM says

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Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė wearing a black coat lays a tribute at the bottom of a statue
Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė pays tribute to victims of the Holodomor, Great Famine, which took place in the 1930s and killed millions, in Kyiv, Ukraine, November 2022.

Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP

Europe is investing in defense in ways that were 'unimaginable' before Russia invaded Ukraine, Lithuanian PM says

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Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte and Ukrainian counterpart Denys Shmyhal visit the town of Borodianka in Ukraine's Kyiv region in April 2022.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte and her Ukrainian counterpart Denys Shmyhal in the town of Borodianka in Ukraine's Kyiv region in April 2022.

Ukrainian Governmental Press Service/Handout via REUTERS

A NATO country thought it could get by without tanks. It doesn't any more.

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A Leopard 2 tank is seen in action at the Bundeswehr tank battalion 203 at the Field Marshal Rommel Barracks in Augustdorf, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023.
A Leopard 2 tank at a barracks in Germany in February 2023.

AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File

Russia's NATO neighbors are building hundreds of bunkers and anti-tank ditches in case of an invasion

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A Ukrainian solider walks in a snowy field beside rows of 'dragons teeth' anti-tank fortifications and barbed wire
Ukrainian servicemen check newly built anti-tank fortifications and razor wire near the Russian border in Ukraine's Chernihiv region, in January 2024.

REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Russia is now in a better position for attacking elsewhere in Europe, defense official says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures in a black coat beside men in camouflage
Russian President Vladimir Putin at a training center of the Western Military District for mobilized reservists in October 2022.

Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS

I'm a Brazilian who moved to Lithuania. I love the career opportunities and safety — but it can be hard to make friends.

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Ricardo Sergio Schmitz drinking coffee
Ricardo Sergio Schmitz said he loves the city's creative and startup mindset.

Ricardo Sergio Schmitz

Russia's EU neighbors are banning Russian vehicles from entering their countries as the bloc toughens sanctions

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Cars with Russian number plates wait to cross the border from Russia to Finland at the Nuijamaa border checkpoint in Lappeenranta, Finland, on September 22, 2022.
Cars with Russian number plates wait to cross the border from Russia to Finland at the Nuijamaa border checkpoint in Lappeenranta, Finland, on September 22, 2022.

Lauri Heino/Lehtikuva/AFP/Getty Images

As Ukraine's air force dodges Russian missiles, the US and its allies are practicing to keep their jets flying while under attack

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Lithuania air base F-16 refueling
A technician refuels a US F-16 during exercise Astral Knight 23 Part 6 at Šiauliai Air Base in Lithuania on August 22.

US Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Longoria

China walks back ambassador's claim that ex-Soviet states aren't real countries, a position that played strongly into Putin's hands

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a welcome ceremony before Russia - China talks in narrow format at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 21, 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a welcome ceremony before talks in Moscow, Russia, March 21, 2023

Sputnik/Sergei Karpukhin/Pool via REUTERS

Russia can keep up this level of fighting intensity in Ukraine for 2 more years, NATO country intel says

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Russian military servicemen wear face masks to protect against the coronavirus (COVID-19) and ride a heavy T-90 tank during the first city rehearsals of the Victory Day military parade, on April 29, 2021 in Moscow, Russia.
Russian military servicemen ride a heavy T-90 tank during rehearsals of the Victory Day military parade, on April 29, 2021 in Moscow, Russia.

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