The Republic of Georgia's parliamentary speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Thursday signed into law a controversial "family values" bill related to LGBTQ+ policies in the country.

Ukrainian Pres. Volodymyr Zelenskyy allegedly approved the plan to blow up Russia's Nord Stream pipelines. However, according to the Wall Street Journal report, after the CIA learned of the alleged operation and called on the Ukrainian leader to pull the plug, he called it off.

Latvia and Romania, both member states of the NATO military alliance, said Russian drones violated their airspace over the weekend.

On Tuesday, the Estonian Internal Security Service announced the arrest of ten individuals for allegedly coordinating a "hybrid operation" in the country on behalf of Russia's special services.

Russian police have reportedly issued arrest warrants for Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and State Secretary Taimar Peterkop for dismantling Soviet-era monuments in the Baltic nation.

Belarusian Pres. Alexander Lukashenko — one of the closest allies to Russia's Vladimir Putin — this week appeared to undermine claims by the Russian leader who alleged that Ukraine had a part to play in the Moscow concert hall attack last Friday. On Wednesday, the death toll stood at 139 people killed, and over 350 people were reported injured.