CENTRAL EASTERN EUROPE NEWS
Defence
Belgorod Without Heating After Infrastructure Damage. Authorities Consider Evacuating Children and Seniors
In Russia’s Belgorod, hundreds of residential buildings have been left without heating following damage to energy facilities. According to information...
More Balloons from Belarus Enter Polish Airspace. Military: No Threat
During the night of 8–9 February 2026, military radar systems once again recorded objects “resembling balloons” entering Polish airspace, the...
Belarusian journalist suspected of espionage in Ukraine: what we know about the case
Ukrainian services—the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence (HUR)—reported in...
Tensions in the Baltic Sea: Ship Bound for Russia Detained
Estonia’s authorities detained a refrigerated container ship off the coast of Naissaar after it entered Estonian waters while en route...
Counterintelligence Operation at Poland’s Defence Ministry: Long-Serving Employee Suspected of Espionage
On Tuesday morning, 3 February 2026, Służba Kontrwywiadu Wojskowego (SKW) detained a long-serving employee of Poland’s Ministry of National Defence...
Polish Soldier on Trial After Migrant Shot at the Belarus Border: Experts Point to Weapon Defect and Training Gaps
A Polish army officer is facing trial after a 22-year-old Syrian man was accidentally shot during a chase near the...
Launch of ORP Henryk Zygalski. Poland’s second “Delfin” strengthens maritime electronic reconnaissance
Yesterday the christening and launch ceremony of the future ORP Henryk Zygalski took place at Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A. in Gdańsk....
Sanna Marin: “There is no other choice” if Europe wants to avoid decades of conflict with Russia
Former Finnish prime minister Sanna Marin has argued that the only durable way to prevent a prolonged, recurring conflict with...
About One Quarter of Recruits to Latvia’s Military Service Are ConscriptsBelow is a full English translation of the Polish text:
In the latest intake to Latvia’s National Defence Service, approximately one quarter of those beginning military service did not volunteer,...
UK–Estonian “low-cost missile” project with a Polish angle
British defence group Babcock International and Estonia’s Frankenburg Technologies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on the...
