A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
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Baltic states have high numbers of Russian speakers, who Putin has vowed to ‘protect’.
Lithuania doesn’t often set the agenda, yet it has been warning that Russia would invade Ukraine since 2008.
Waning support from Poland’s allies meant the war descended to an attritional struggle, giving Russia the advantage it needed to win.
As Western leaders depart a crucial summit, a NATO scholar parses what went down.
Leaders of the Western military alliance meet in Lithuania with the ongoing war in Ukraine as a backdrop.
For Australia to be taken seriously, it needs to show up whenever possible.
A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past week.
Since 2021, the tiny Baltic nation of Lithuania has come up against three authoritarian regimes: Belarus, China, and Russia. Its capital, Vilnius, is at the forefront of Western support for Kiev.
DNA analysis reveals a large migration of people into Scandinavia during Viking times.
Long dependent on Russia for its energy, Lithuania has now entirely broken away from Moscow. To what extent can other EU countries learn from the small Baltic country?
In much of eastern Europe historical memory of communist rule has been brought into sharp focus by the war in Ukraine.
What do Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Moldova and Kazakhstan have in common with Ukraine? Russian allegations that they are all overrun by Nazis.
A digest of the week’s coverage of the war against Ukraine.
A small piece of Russian territory on the Baltic coast has become the focus of heightened tensions on Nato’s fringe.
The Russian embassy in Vilnius now sits on Ukrainian Heroes’ Street (Ukrainos Didvyrių g.), a direct response to the war.
Vladamir Putin’s version of Russian history portrays his country as a victim – a historian examines the evidence.
Throughout history, Russian rulers have seen it as their mission to ‘gather the lands of the Rus’.
While eastern European countries are quick to offer aid to Belarusians, this only highlights their harsh approach to refugees from the Middle East.
European countries, especially the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, have confronted Russian disinformation campaigns for decades. The US can learn from their experience.
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