Ukraine

President Gitanas Nausėda says Lithuania is prepared to send troops to Ukraine on a post-ceasefire mission.

The Riga City Court on Wednesday sentenced Latvian citizen Ivans Tarabanovs to five years and six months in prison and three years of probation supervision for his participation in the war in Ukraine, LETA learned from the court.

US President Donald Trump finds it easier to deal with the Russian president than with the leader of Ukraine, as he simply gives Vladimir Putin everything he wants. While Volodymyr Zelensky has to hold on to his country under pressure from the White House and deal with a political confrontation with...

On Monday, on 17 March, in Brussels, minister of foreign affairs of Lithuania, Kęstutis Budrys, is attending the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council’s meeting, which focuses on urgent military support and security guarantees for Ukraine, sanctions against Russia, and ensuring the aggressor’s ac...

A Lithuanian volunteer fighting in Ukraine was wounded on 10 March, news website 15min.lt reported citing a source.

Speaker of the Seimas of Lithuania Saulius Skvernelis is optimistic about the talks between Ukraine and the United States that were held in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. He says that Russia’s next steps may reveal its true intentions.

On 12 March, a new inter-agency initiative ’Academy on the integration of migrants and refugees in the Baltic countries 2025-2026’ will be launched for city administrations in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Developed by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the Council of Europe Intercultural Cities (CoE I...

While Washington and Moscow leaders are negotiating the outcome of Russia’s war in Ukraine, a diplomatic end to the conflict is unlikely in the short term of up to six months, says the latest assessment of threats released by Lithuania’s intelligence agencies Friday.

The US move to halt military assistance to Ukraine reflects the continuation of Donald Trump’s policy, says a security adviser to President Gitanas Nausėda. The situation will be addressed in the European Council later this week, he said.

Lithuania may find it difficult to trust this strategic partner in the future after the United States paused its military aid to Ukraine, the Seimas speaker has said, urging Europe to take the lead in addressing security challenges.

Police Commissioner General Arūnas Paulauskas has revealed that last year in Šiauliai, northern Lithuania, there was an attempt to burn down military aid for Ukraine. He says this was a hybrid attack against Lithuania.

Lithuanian people and businesses have donated EUR 5.73 million to buy drones and anti-drones for Ukraine in the third campaign Radarom! that closed on 24 February, according to the final report released by organisers.

President Gitanas Nausėda on Sunday will hold a phone conversation with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer who has recently visited Washington, his adviser has said.

President Gitanas Nausėda says an agreement between Ukraine and the United States on mineral wealth would prompt Washington to care about Kyiv’s security more.

Some people fear that the new US administration may withdraw its troops from the Baltic States, but Chief of Defence of Lithuania General Raimundas Vaikšnoras assures the public that there is no change in military terms, yet NATO countries in Europe must devote more attention to defence funding.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Kęstutis Budrys has mentioned that the European Union should consider how to offset support that the United States provides to Ukraine. Yet chief adviser to the president on foreign affairs Asta Skaisgirytė notes that this would be challenging for the EU Memb...

Minister of National Defence of Lithuania Dovilė Šakalienė, who participated in the Yalta European Strategy (YES) conference, urged the West to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys on Monday is attending the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels. On the third anniversary of Russia’s brutal war against Ukraine, representatives of the Nordic and Baltic countries addressed journalists together, underlining their united po...

On Sunday evening, 23 February, the final concert of the Ukraine support campaign Radarom! was held in Vilnius. It transpired that more than EUR 5 million was crowdfunded to Ukraine.

President Gitanas Nausėda is on a working visit to Kyiv, where he attended the Ukraine Support Summit on Monday, said the president’s press service.