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Infrastructure violations in the Baltic Sea

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  Infrastructure violations in the Baltic Sea Exercise "Unified Response 25" The State Border Guard Service, as well as the anti-terrorist operations unit "Aras" and the Lithuanian military would play the largest role in responding to possible sabotage and detaining suspected ships. The plan was developed after several violations of underwater infrastructure in the Baltic Sea were recorded in the past six months: at the end of January, the communication cable of the Latvian State Radio and Television Center was damaged, and at Christmas, the cable "Estlink 2" between Finland and Estonia. Communication cables between Sweden and Lithuania, Finland and Germany have previously been damaged. The latest case of suspected sabotage was reported last week by Sweden, which recorded a damage to its and Germany's communication cable east of the island of Gotland. In response to the incidents, NATO launched a new surveillance mission in the Baltic Sea in January, ...

Historic disconnection from BRELL

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 Historic disconnection from BRELL                                             LitPol link/ BNS   This weekend in Lithuania was marked by a historic event – ​​on Saturday morning (2025-02-08  9:00), Lithuania’s power lines were disconnected from the common BRELL system with the Russian Kaliningrad region and Belarus. Latvia and Estonia soon followed suit. After the disconnection, all three countries began operating in isolated mode, and on Sunday, according to the Ministry of Energy, at 2:05 p.m. Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia successfully synchronized their power systems with the continental European synchronous area. Before disconnecting from the Russian system, Lithuania’s power transmission lines with the Russian Kaliningrad region will first be disconnected, which will continue to operate in isolation, followed by the Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian line...

The study of Lithuania 's defense power

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                                                        Lithuanian army parade in Vilnius Edmundas Jakilaitis , a journalist and head of the "Strong Together" (Stipr ūs kartu ) organization, presented the study of Lithuania 's defense power to the public for the first time . The research was carried out in Washington by New​​​​ generation warfare " center, together with Lithuanian military experts, simulated two scenarios of a military conflict - what awaits if in 2027 Russia will attack Lithuania.​​ The study reviewed the first 10 days of the military conflict, after which Lithuania would have to defend itself not alone, but together with NATO allies. The second simulation scenario was successful for Lithuania, during which almost no territory was lost, and the losses suffered by the enemy significantly exceeded the losses of Lithuania and the...

Chiune Sugihara - diplomat who served for the Japanese Empire in Kaunas 1939-1940 and Baltics occupation.

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                                                              Chiune Sugihara in Kaunas I wanted to write about the events in Lithuania in the summer of 1940 for a long time, but I could not figure out how to do it . Let me remind you that we are talking about the occupation of the Baltic republics, which was carried out almost simultaneously and using the same methodology. It is true that everyone somehow forgets the fact that Finland should have been in this company as well. According to the Molotov-Ribbentrop agreement, the line was drawn not only through the Baltic countries, Poland, Romania, but also Finland. Many thougth that non - aggresion deal beetwen the USSR and Germany was useful for the Baltics states. On September 29 , 1939 , the Soviets invited Lithuanian delegation to Moscow where they were presented with a cooperation...

In memory of Mariupol residents and Mantas Kvedaravicius

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Mariupol The letter was received by the Lithuanian Minister of Foreing Affairs from Nadezhda, a resident of Mariupol. It was announced at the Europen Council, translated by Roma Kriaučiūnienė. Nadezhda managed to leave the besieged city. The second part of the article tells about Lithuanian film director Mantas Kvedaravicius. In 2016 he made a documentary about Mariupol . When the war broke out , he could not to come back. Boath food and went on his last trip with his fiancee. As a film director he coud not fail to document and create even in a besieged city. That is what his fiancee, Hanna, is talking about...  Before the war , Mariupol had a population of about 400000 and was an important Ukrainian port city near the Azov sea. Its surroundings are rich in iron ore.   The city is currently surrounded by the Russian forces , it has been agreed that at least part of the population will be released. The city lacks food, water, is constantly under fire. The city was defended...