Earlier in the month, the heads of the Lithuanian Defense Ministry Arvidas Anus Hauskas Latvia artist Fabrics and Estonia Kalalanet held a meeting in
countis. Within the framework of the Baltic
defense cooperation, a declaration was
signed, which defines a joint action plan
in the field of security and defense for
2022.
The ministers condemn the hybrid attack
with the help of migrants from the
regime of Belarus and thanked the
institutions and member states of NATO and the EU for the support received an
awareness of the seriousness of this
situation.
The Baltic Defense Ministers believe
that Russia cannot have its zones of
influence and prevent other countries
from determining their future. Therefore
they expressed a desire to provide
immediate support to Ukraine, non-military and military, including with
lethal weapons.
It is clear that the security situation
in europe has deteriorated significantly. In the coming months there is a risk of
a military conflict due to the abnormal
accumulation of Russian armed forces
near the borders of Ukraine and in Crimea. In this situation support for Ukraine is our priority, said the
minister of defense of estonia.
Ukraine defends the interests of Europe
demanding the right to be independent
and free, and this is very reminiscent of our past
out of latvian defense minister artis
fabrics.
According to the heads of the Lithuanian Defense Ministry, Harvey Desanuskas, Putin
will not resign without a victory in
this situation if two scenarios are
possible. First aggression against Ukraine even on a limited scale. Second
the occupation of Belarus by Russia.
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will contain Russia
with a multiple launch rocket system. The
defense ministers of the baltic
countries also agreed to create a
general purpose rocket fire system in
the region.
"This is a big step forward in
developing our joint capabilities
increasing deterrent and defensive power
in our region," Lanette said that would be
a good answer to Putin's red lines.
According to the report from the Estonian media the MLRS unit with a
regional range of fire will be soon
added to the defense forces. One of the most common NATO multiple
launch rocket systems is the M270
multiple launch rocket system and 270 MLRS, which is an armored self-propelled
multiple launch rocket system, a type of
rocket artillery with a maximum missile
range of 300 kilometers.
The system allows hitting important
targets at long distances in tactical
situations, as well as to prevent counter
attacks. The system can use
high-precision ammunition, the Estonian
defense ministry said in the statement.
However the defense ministers of the
baltic countries see the main protection
in the presence of NATO troops. The main and irreplaceable deterrent
factor for our region is the presence of
allied forces here.
"We are grateful to the NATO Allies for
deploying troops and battalions of nato
forward forces and for their active
participation in the nato airspace
protection mission in the baltic states," the defense ministry of baltic countries
had in the joint statement.
In recent months, NATO had increased its
presence in countries bordering Ukraine, fearing Russia will soon invade its
ex-soviet neighbor. A build-up of russian forces near the
border with Ukraine has raised concerns
among western and ukrainian officials
that the Kremlin might be preparing for
significant military action possibly an
invasion.
Russian forces now surround ukraine on
three sides and western officials fear a
military operation could start as soon
as this month.
The United States and Germany reaffirmed
their steadfast support for ukrainian
sovereignty and territorial integrity on
wednesday, warning of massive and severe
consequences if russia invades
neighboring Ukraine. A renewed warning comes days ahead of
scheduled u.s russia talks in geneva
next week.
Both Germany and the United States see
russia's actions toward Ukraine as an
immediate urgent challenge to peace and
stability in Europe, said u.s secretary
of state Anthony Blinken during a press
conference with visiting german foreign
minister Analina Barabao.
"We condemn Russia's military buildup on
ukraine's borders as well as moscow's
increasingly harsh rhetoric". Lincoln
later added if russia nonetheless
chooses to escalate, "we will respond
swiftly."
During her first trip to Washington as Germany's Foreign Minister, Barabok
warned further Russian actions against
ukraine would come with a clear price
tag.
The top US diplomat added that Europe can use Nordstrom 2 an undersea
pipeline linking Russia and Germany as
leverage against Russia.
"If Russia renews its aggression toward Ukraine, it would certainly be difficult
to see gas flowing through in the future," said lincoln.
The U.S is putting pressure on germany
to block russia's north stream two gas
pipeline as part of potential sanctions
that would be implemented if Russia
invades Ukraine.
German Chancellor Olaf Schultz has come
under pressure from allies and members
of his coalition government, including
barabak leader of the country's green
party, to withhold any formal approval
for russian natural gas to be
transported through north stream two.
"We will take effective measures together
with our european partners should russia
use energy as a weapon or should it
continue its aggressive acts against Ukraine," Barabak said.
US Officials have said there is a
strong consensus with European
counterparts on specific packages of
severe consequences for Russia if moscow
were to escalate against ukraine. Lincoln waved nor streamed two sanctions
in may, a few months before the 11
billion dollars pipeline was finished, on
the grounds its completion was a fed at
complete.
Many fear the pipeline will deepen Europe's energy dependence on russia, allowing russia to bypass Ukraine when
it supplies energy to western european
markets, depriving kiev of much-needed
transit fees.
