21/09/2026
Reports from the Eastern European theatre as tensions grow:
๐ฑ๐ป๐ฑ๐น๐ต๐ฑ - Latvia, Lithuania & Poland reveals it holds intelligence that Russia is potentially preparing to tear NATO's Article 5 by sending small special-forces units across NATOโs border.
๐ฑ๐ป - Latvian citizens report Latvian armed forces are moving to their border with Russia.
๐ซ๐ท - France is already conducting undisclosed conventional military responses to Russian hybrid attacks, a French military source tells Le Monde.
Asked whether Paris could carry out military retaliation without publicly acknowledging it, the source said: โThat is already happening.โ
๐ฉ๐ช๐ธ๐ช - "Together with our German friends, we are today carrying out a rapid reinforcement of Gotland. We are bringing qualified systems here for the defense of the island under the protection of fighter aircraft, frigates, corvettes, coastal artillery and other units that guard the harbor" - Stefan Sandborg, Deputy Chief of Operations at the Swedish Armed Forces.
๐ต๐ฑ๐ฑ๐น๐ง๐พ - Belarus has begun a four day military drill near the Suwalki Corridor (along the borders of Poland and Lithuania). The drills include mechanized and tank battalions.
Several vessels belonging to the Russia's Baltic Fleet are active around the Baltiysk Gap, Kaliningrad.
Anti submarine protective nets are being deployed around the entrance to Baltiysk harbour.
๐ฌ๐ง๐ง๐พ - "The UK says high-readiness British forces could be deployed under NATO defence plans if Belarus and Kaliningrad attempted to close the Suwalki Gap," - UK Defence Journal.
๐ฌ๐ง - Around 340 proximity incidents caused by drones near military sites were recorded in the UK over the past 12 months.
๐ฑ๐น๐ท๐บ - Per Polskie Radio, Lithuania is preparing mass evacuation plans for its civilian population at the request of its government.
๐ฉ๐ช ๐ท๐บ - Both Germany and Russia are preparing their healthcare systems for massive war casualties. In Leningrad alone the healthcare system is adding over 20k beds.