Aaron Eglitis

The Baltic states are sounding the alarm after being caught in the crossfire in the past week when several Ukrainian drones veered off course as part of attacks on Russia’s oil infrastructure bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed an initiative from one of the country’s billionaires to donate a large sum to the budget bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Russia’s crucial Baltic oil ports of Primorsk and Ust-Luga are on fire after overnight drone attacks, according to data from NASA bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

I have just promulgated the Law on Defense Financing, mandating 5% of GDP for defense from 2027 onwards. This will strengthen Latvia’s defense capabilities and resilience while honoring NATO commitments from the Hague Summit. Hope more allies will join “the 5% club” soon.

Several drones entered Estonian and Latvian airspace from Russia, authorities say bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

A flying object that crashed in Lithuania early on Monday was a stray Ukrainian drone intended for strikes in Russia, the country’s prime minister said bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar said he will oust Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s key allies — including the president and chief justices — if his party wins a supermajority in elections on April 12 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

ICYMI: Szijjarto made regular phone calls to provide Lavrov, with “live reports on what’s been discussed” and possible solutions. Through such calls “every single E.U. meeting for years has basically had Moscow behind the table" the security official said washingtonpost.com/world/2026/03/…

Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob is set to beat nationalist leader Janez Jansa in a tightly contested election bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung has nominated Shin Hyun Song, head of the monetary and economic department at the Bank for International Settlements, as the new Bank of Korea governor, the Presidential Office said Sunday bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

President Donald Trump denounced NATO as “COWARDS,” ratcheting up his rhetoric against the military alliance over its refusal to help the US reopen the Strait of Hormuz bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Go to a bar in #Finland and shout: “Who can shoot an anti-tank weapon?” All the men will stand. @LiamDenning and @loupalu went to the Arctic to embed with the NATO-backed army preparing for war with Russia bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-…

Exclusive: Russia prepares 10% cut to 'non-sensitive' spending in 2026, sources say reuters.com/business/russi…

The son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will become Iran’s next supreme leader, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency announced, taking over after his father was killed in an attack by the US and Israel. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

When Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested there could be an immediate halt to liquefied natural gas supplies to Europe, he was making the most of a moment of vulnerability for the continent bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Lithuanian prosecutors charged five individuals with organizing and carrying out terrorist acts on behalf of Russian military intelligence after they attempted to plant incendiary devices on planes bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Vladimir Putin is determined to keep spending on strengthening Russia’s military despite a weakening economy, Lithuanian intelligence says bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Romania used to be one of the most dynamic countries in the region. Now it’s faced with some of the worst metrics in Europe bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk signaled his country will eventually try to obtain its own nuclear weapons as Europe strengthens deterrence bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Iran fired 1200+ projectiles at five countries in the first 48 hours. Most were drones. These saturation attacks aim to overwhelm air defenses and drain interceptors. $20-50k Shahed drones vs. $4.19M PAC-3 interceptors put US and its partners on the wrong side of the cost curve.