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As part of a broader Baltic defence project, Lithuania will invest €10 million next year to restore peatland along its borders, turning wetlands into natural barriers and rehabilitating 40,000 hectares.
The Storm Strike 2025 exercise, part of the larger Thunder Strike 2025 training series, tests Lithuania’s defence plans with amphibious landings and manoeuvres across Klaipėda and the Baltic coast.
Beijing expanded rare-earth export restrictions, limiting processing technology and exports to foreign defence and semiconductor users. The new rules, some effective immediately and others from Dec. 1, cover advanced chip and magnet technology and signal China’s leverage ahead of a Trump–Xi summit.