Baltic states unplug from Russia and join EU power grid happymamay

The Baltic states in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are now from the electricity network in Russia and joined the European Union network.

The plans of this step – which were in business since 2007 – are necessary for European security and were presented after Russia’s extensive invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

“Today, history has been made,” European Union President Ursula von der Lin told a party in the capital of Lithuania. “This is freedom, freedom from threats, freedom from blackmail.”

Polish President Andrig Doda praised, as a “truly symbolic moment” that would make the region “safer and flexible.”

“It is the last step towards liberation from the field of accreditation after the Soviet.”

The so -called BREL Power – which means Belarus, Russia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – is almost completely by Moscow, and has long been considered as a security loophole for the three Baltic countries.

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are now members of NATO and have not bought electricity from Russia since 2022, but its relationship with the BREL network left them dependent on Moscow to obtain vital energy.

In her speech, Mrs. von der Layen warned that NATO should remain an observer of potential Russian revenge.

Noting a recent group of suspected sabotage incidents that involve electricity cables and pipelines in the Baltic Sea, she said, “There is a pattern, and we cannot ignore it.”

In the past 18 months, at least 11 rania cables under the Baltic Sea have been exposed. In a modern case, A ship of the “Shadow Fleet” in Russia was accused of oil tankers of informing the main energy link in Estonia in the Gulf of Finland. The Kremlin refused to comment.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nazida called for sanctions on the shadow fleet in Russia, saying that the recent incidents were “a great concern.”

NATO did not accuse Russia directly, but he responded by launching a new periodic mission in the named region Balibi bayli.

In total, about 1.6 billion euros (1.33 billion pounds) in the project were invested in the project to transport the three countries to the European Union network, with the money provided by the European Union to a large extent.

Transfer for two days, With three countries separated from the Russian network on Saturday morningIt works as an “energy island” for about 24 hours, and the European Union network connects on Sunday.

The German Ukrainian Energy Minister Galuchenko praised that it was “an important event for the entire Europe.”