epa12596003 (L-R, first row) Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, Romania's President Nicusor Dan, (L-R, second row) Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Estonia's Prime Minister Kristen Michal, Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Bulgarian's Prime Minister Rossen Jeliazkov and Latvia's Prime Minister Evika Silina pose for a family photo during the Eastern Flank Summit in Helsinki, Finland, 16 December 2025. The Finnish prime minister convened the leaders of seven EU member states bordering Russia to discuss threats to European security and defense readiness along the EU's eastern border. EPA/KIMMO BRANDT
