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Bravo Kate!

Chihuahuas!!!

Thank you for telling this story!

I love the baltics

you forgot to tell us how much they are paying for new gas i wonder why?

their born as a sovereign country from Russia stil now they are didn't get strategic independent from US

Great feel good story. I don't think it can be explained in a few minuets. Germany has beach front on the Baltic Sea. They think EU, but you left them off of the list. Why would Russia attack Poland when they could attack other countries on the Baltic who would be an easier target closer to their own beach front on the Baltic? I could only hope the EU would think like the Baltic countries. They get it. And, they have my respect.

just recruit smart people to work like you recruit soldiers

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It's refreshing seeing the Baltics represented as the sober realists they have been all along, as opposed to the alarmists they were accused of being for so many years.

Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas faced pressure to resign on Friday after reports that her husband has part ownership of a company that has kept operations in Russia since Moscow invaded Ukraine.

that's great but the Lithuanian capital hospitals are missing beds now as we speak and we're in no conflict. I have to wait 10 days for a collar bone shard fracture surgery. Imagine what would happen if more people get injured. They are capped on a regular summer day just treating locals... Just sayin'

Suvalki gap does not connect any russia an belalarus land, it great mistake in report.

Thanks from Lithuania.

Great nations

I have visited Lithuania 7 times,and have been to Riga and Tallinn...Fantastic places, fantastic people! Respect and peace to the Baltic states! 🇮🇪🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹👍🍻

We should just starting to call Belorussia russia

The first defense is not being like them.
This is the most important step. the step that let all euopean countries that were under ussr boot to be free.

The prosperity and liberty of EU is preorder for decline with Russia’s aggression further close to EU.

There's 6 million people between all them and about 20% are russians!

I would say that any country that supports NATO troops fighting in Ukraine, supports NATO troops defending any non-NATO countries simply asks for trouble (including my very own Poland). The only countries that they should keep defending should be NATO countries and ONLY those. I would be ashamed of Poland's interference in Ukraine if the direct war with Russia will ever break out. What's the point of risking it all and trying to save a non-nato country with billions of dollars of our aid if that very same country keeps calling you "Moscow's friend". There is no point!

❤‍🔥LIELS PALDIES! DW, your content is consistently intriguing. I live in DC and can no longer bear american media. As an American/Latvian, I appreciate your spin-free attention, to this important, often under-reported, and over-looked, part of the world.
Thanks to the Molotov/Ribbentrop pact, Latvians have a special place in Russia's heart.

Have you heard that
Trump's new favorite food is hummus:
he heard it was made of Russian chick pea.

No surprise that the Baltic states wanted to join Nato as soon as possible!

Every time Germany majorly under funds it’s military and try to make friends with Putin and buy Russian gas and oil these are the people who suffer, the ones on the frontlines

Small nations must not tie our hands when. we are fighting for their rights and freedom

Stay strong 💪

We may be not at war with Russia, but Russia is at war with us, e we’d better understand this

It’s a shame that we Europeans allowed ourselves to be dependent from a dictator’s will for our essential energy supplies. That’s especially true for such manifacturing economies like Germany. I really hope this predicament will teach us a lesson about considering safety requirements above mere economic considerations. And not only on energy matters.

What do you mean by Europe's doorstep? Both Ukraine and Russia are in Europe.

Bordering Putin's military would be like walking past that one yard in the neighborhood with the wildly barking pit bulls behind a irresponsibly low fence.

Very interesting. They wanted into NATO, worried about the long-term threat, but like Germany, didn't build out for LNG (hoping for the best).

A factual mistake. Baltic countries did NOT gain independance after soviet Union colapsed. Them becoming independant was one of the reasons Soviet Union colapsed as other countries followed. Lithuanian independance declarstion was made March 11th of 1990. SU stopped exicting December 1991 - 1,5 years later. Yes, many reasons led to SU beeing weak at the time, but still strong factual mistake on DW part.

Keep it up !
Australia supports the Baltic States

I think Estonia is a very interesting country!

USA, USA IS PROTECTING IT

CYBER ATTACK DOES NOT MEAN JACK

=GURL STOP BLOCKING ME

The Baltics are awesome.

Baltic countries need to integrate with the United States and European market and abandoned Russia and China. The sooner they do this the better off they will be.

Okay you first painted the wall towards Poland Poland is EU should be the same as Baltics really not nice 🤣

The Baltics are the leaders of Europe at the present time. Inspirational.

Several questions regarding the current situation come to mind- one of them is, if Putin is bad, when was the last time Russia was " good"?
When Gorbachev and Yeltsin were the Presidents, you say?
Does that mean that a " good " Russia is the only one when it is on it's s knees?
Russia ( and China) do not tell you what to do, think and how to run your society,while the " Leader Of The Free World" the United States of America INSISTS on all these things, so they can completely control your country.
Germany is a perfect example, an occupied country by the USA who is willingly submitting itself to have their industry destroyed because that is in America's best interest.

Reminder to be aware of russian bots in the comments

Something important to know, for all who interested in history and/or support Ukraine:

Rus' ought not to be confused with modern “Russia”, which derives its name from the Rus' but historically is a completely different state, which almost all its existence was at war with the Rus'.

Just like the Holy Roman Empire was actually Germany, “Russia” is actually Muscovy, despite their best attempts to convince everybody otherwise.

Its name “Russia" received only in the 18th century, when Peter I simply changed Muscovy’s name into the “All Russian Empire” (Russia originates from Rosia, name used by the Greek Orthodox Clergy in regards to Rus')
Under the reign of Cathrine II Muscovites where even punished for continuing to identify as Muscovites, and were forced to call themselves Russian.

Lands that Russia (Muscovy) claims were part of the original Rus', but actually weren't, are Novgorod, Suzdal, and Ryazan, since in historical texts of XI-XII centuries they are mentioned as separate entities from Rus'. They can be considered parts of extended Rus', although their culture was distinct from main Rus'.

In 1493, Muscovite duke Ivan III appointed himself to be the Great Ruler of All Rus'. No other kings acknowledged that. From that point on Muscovy started to make false claims on Rus' ownership.

“Russia” is an offshoot of Ukraine and not the other way round, despite what Soviet and Russian (Muscovite) historians have been trying to say for years. A Slavicised Finnic, then later, Mongolized offshoot. Kyiv was a developed cultured capital when Moscow was just another swamp village.

Moreover, in the Italian sources of the 15th century it is likewise mentioned, that Russia is bordered by Poland to the west, Lithuania and Livonia to the north, and Muscovy to the east, further proving that Russia historically speaking, is an exonym of Ukraine, that was stolen by Muscovy.

Germany used to call itself the Holy Roman Empire, that didn’t mean they became the Romans, and all of a sudden had a right to claim whole of Italy and its history, but yet, that’s exactly what Russia (Muscovy) did in regards to Rus'–Ukraine, which is a horrible injustice!

did anyone saw prices of Rail Baltic ? :D

Why are we pretending that Russia is the threat here? In more than 2 years, Russia has lost its best trained soldiers and equipement. The real threat is China they have the power to completely annhilate the world economy and if they attack Taiwan neither the USA or Europe can stop them. Putins' Russia is economically, politically and militarily weakened. China has only been growing in all sectors and upgrading its capabiltiies.