The US State Department approves he sale of Javelin anti-tank missiles to Lithuania in a $125 million deal amid escalating tensions between Russia and the US over Washington’s rising meddling in the Ukraine crisis.

China has rejected concerns over the safety of Lithuanian diplomats in the Asian country, weeks after Beijing downgraded relations with Lithuania in protest at the Baltic state’s decision to allow Chinese Taipei to open a de facto embassy in Vilnius.

China is downgrading its diplomatic relations with Lithuania after Vilnius allowed Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) to open a de facto embassy in the Baltic state.

Beijing has cautioned Lithuania against irreversible wrong decisions on having official relations with the Chinese Taipei.

China calls on Lithuania to withdraw its ambassador from Beijing and says it would recall its own envoy to the Lithuanian capital in protest at the Baltic state’s decision to allow Chinese Taipei to open a de facto embassy in Vilnius.

Flights over international airspace by two Russian jets cause havoc at a NATO airbase in Lithuania, abruptly disrupting a press briefing by the Lithuanian president and visiting Spanish prime minister.

The UK's relationship with Belarus has all but collapsed after Transport Secretary Grant Shapps instructed British airlines to avoid Belarusian airspace.