The Kremlin continues to create conditions for possible future aggression against the Baltic states and Poland.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has responded directly to complaints about mobile internet outages in Russia, justifying these outages as necessary for the country's internal security and preparing Russians for continued restrictions.
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) warns of this in its analysis today.
On April 23, the Russian Security Council accused the Lithuanian authorities of creating a "hotbed of tension" near the border with the Kaliningrad region and militarize the country under the pretext of "Russian threat".
On April 23, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti that NATO's Joint Expeditionary Force exercises were rehearsing scenarios for a naval blockade and seizure of the Kaliningrad region, and accused NATO of deliberately "escalating the confrontation" with Russia.
These statements are part of the Kremlin's ongoing disinformation campaign aimed at portraying NATO as the aggressor in response to the Kremlin's military aggression in Ukraine.
The Kremlin is conducting several information operations targeting the Baltic States in order to create long-term information conditions that would justify possible future military actions against the Baltic States.
The Kremlin is using its control over the Kaliningrad region to create justifications for future Russian aggression against the Baltic States or Poland under the pretext of defending the Kaliningrad region.
On the night of 22/23 April, Russian forces struck an apartment building in the city of Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk region, killing at least three civilians and injuring at least 10.
On 23 April, the European Council (EU) adopted the final version of the legislative act, on which the interest-free loan of 90 billion euros (about 105 billion dollars) for Ukraine, initially approved by the EU in December 2025, is based.
Russian forces have advanced into the northern part of Sumy region.
Overnight, Russia launched 155 drones against Ukraine.
Ukrainian forces have struck Russian oil infrastructure in the Nizhny Novgorod and Samara regions, as well as an air defense system in the Bryansk region.