VILNIUS/STOCKHOLM/LONDON - Ukrainian drones have strayed into Baltic countries' airspace in recent weeks, sowing confusion and raising tensions with Russia at a time when U.S. commitment to NATO's collective security is in question. The airspace incursions have occurred as Ukraine, seeking to land heavier blows on Russia four years after Moscow's full-scale invasion, uses exploding drones to hit Russian Baltic ports that handle nearly 40% of national oil and gas exports. In most cases, Kyiv and the Baltic states have confirmed the stray drones are Ukrainian but have blamed Russia for causing them to deviate from their flight path with the use of electronic defenses that jam or spoof signals. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever. By subscribing, you can help us get the story right.

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What is in the 28-point US plan for Ukraine? 'Ukraine is running out of men, money and time' Can the US get all sides to end the war? Why is Europe opposing Trump's peace plan? Zelenskyy says US peace plan'looks better' with new revisions Here's where things stand on Tuesday, December 2: Russian forces launched a ballistic missile on Ukraine's Dnipro, killing four people and wounding 40 others, according to Ukrainian authorities. Russia claimed the capture of the strategic eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk, the logistics hub that has been under attack for months by Moscow's forces.

Here's where things stand on Monday, December 1. The number of casualties from a Russian attack on Ukraine's Kyiv on Sunday rose to one person killed and 18 wounded, according to regional Governor Mykola Kalashnyk. In southern Kherson, at least two people were killed, and seven others were wounded in more Russian attacks, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said on Telegram. In the Donetsk region, at least two people were killed, and five were injured in Russian attacks on Saturday, according to Governor Vadym Filashkin. In Russia, a Ukrainian drone attack killed two men in the Belgorod region, the region's operational headquarters said in a post on Telegram.

Is Trump losing patience with Putin? Will sanctions against Russian oil giants hurt Putin? How much of Europe's oil still comes from Russia? Russian drone attacks on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, early on Sunday killed at least three people and wounded 29 others, according to Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko. The wounded included seven children, Klymenko said.

Science Archaeology The real killer of Napoleon's army revealed by DNA testing It wasn't typhus that plagued his troops. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Napoleon Bonaparte's catastrophic invasion of the Russian Empire remains one of history's greatest military blunders . In the summer of 1812, the French emperor set out across Eastern Europe's Neman River with over 615,000 Grand Army troops intent on forcing their foe to agree to a continental blockade against the United Kingdom. In less than six months, over a half a million of Napoleon's soldiers had succumbed to starvation, hypothermia, and disease .

President Gitanas Nausėda called Russian aircraft incursion into Lithuanian territory a blatant breach of international law as NATO jets responded quickly.

Can Ukraine restore its pre-war borders? Why are Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine a'red line' for Russia? Is Russia testing NATO with aerial incursions in Europe? Lithuania, a small Baltic state bordering Belarus and Russia's Kaliningrad, is adapting to new tensions between NATO and Moscow. A member of the Lithuanian Riflemen's Union takes part in a military exercise in central Lithuania [Nils Adler/Al Jazeera] Two members of the Lithuanian Riflemen's Union take part in a military exercise in central Lithuania [Nils Adler/Al Jazeera] On a nearby building is an illuminated decorative Z, a symbol used to show support for the Russian military's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which began in February 2022.