Russia proposes 150 billion defense budget as strikes kill five in Ukraine and Baltic cyber threats rise
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Russia escalated its war in Ukraine on Wednesday with a £150 billion defense budget proposal for 2027, part of a three-year £450 billion spending plan, as it intensified strikes on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure. Russian glide bombs killed two in Sumy on Tuesday, while air strikes in Kyiv and its surrounding region killed three, including a child, and injured seven more, officials said. Polish air traffic authorities temporarily suspended operations at airports in Rzeszow and Lublin due to Russian military activity, later resuming flights.
The Baltic states faced heightened threats as Estonia blamed Russia for an arson attack on a defense robotics company last month, according to its intelligence services . Latvia’s cyber incident response agency reported repeated attacks on municipal surveillance systems, cameras, and smart building controls across several regions .
In Riga, Ugis Rotbergs, vice chair of the Baltic Assembly’s Security and Defense Committee, urged closer cybersecurity cooperation among Baltic states, calling for a joint cyber command and coordinated regional threat detection exercises. Rotbergs, addressing parliamentarians in Tallinn on Friday, emphasized that cyberattacks can spread across networks in seconds, outpacing traditional response mechanisms .
Meanwhile, the UK announced plans to extend its nuclear deterrent to nine NATO allies, including Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, through the Joint Expeditionary Force, with a formal agreement expected in November . Britain’s Royal Navy Commander, General Sir Gwyn Jenkins, told Finnish media that UK nuclear weapons would form the "backbone" of the JEF’s defensive plans against Russian threats .
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