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the of the, the baltic sea nieto controlled waters since the full scale russian invasion of ukraine. a new iron curtain divides east and west. the thread of further escalation now looms large. on february 24th 2022, the day of russia's invasion, the german navy mobilized its forces. the sort of this one to it was a very spontaneous and very intense response of the russians invasion of you. crime, which was a violation of international rules. we send everything that confirms into the voltage seeds on the house should meet or respond to russia's aggression. it's a question that's now being asked across the region. the baltic states, which were once part of the soviet union have called for

a united front against we contacted these to plan to, uh, you know, uh, defend the country alone. and then the neighbor rated afterwards. st. petersburg is one of russia's view access points to the baltic sea. from here, russia's leadership is determined to stake. it's claim as an imperial power on the seas. pressure weight is if there was more than one score float ones, our navy is capable of responding with lightning speed to anyone who wants to encroach on our sovereignty and freedom, suspicion. g. as you execute strategic task successfully in honor of somebody in the room, or are you and you're going to work in the russia is also threatening to use nuclear weapons that could easily reach every city in europe. the

i am afraid of nuclear weapons. yes, i'm afraid also because i live in bro, in the day, almost the entire baltic. c, a, surrounded by nito member states and nato allies, sweden, russia has only 2 access points for leading broad and st. petersburg. 6 fall is this even though? so need, so has direct access to strategic positions in the baltic sea because for example, the islands of government but also as fields and finn and among other places destitute in that. so russian naval access to the gold succeed could be blokes in the event of we'll have, you know, 6 for the shelf book. yet though it was a very different picture before the fall of the soviet union. during the cold war, the baltic sea was almost entirely surrounded by warsaw pact,

countries and the soviet union and its satellite states. and by the neutral states of finland and sweden. it was a position of power which protein appears to want back but today, the de facto balance of power on the world's oceans is undeniable. nieto has 16 aircraft carriers. russia has one. nato, has 13 helicopter carriers. russia has none. nieto has 135 frigates. russia has 11 needle has over 2000 military ships under its compact. russia has just under 600, but russia's underwater capabilities are formidable. the country has more than 40 nuclear powered submarines around 10 on with nuclear weapons, dressing, leadership savings of russia as of a superpower. and the only reason why can be conceded to the super plow

is the flags that it's, it's nuclear also now is biggest of all except for the united states. they do play these cards all the time. and that's why they, we, they are in terms of conventional weapons, the strong guys they attempt station to use for, for 3 of them. uh, using uh nuclear weapons. but the relationship between russia and the west on the baltic sea was not always as fractured as it is . today. a former german chancellor. i'm going to america. and president vladimir putin song regular contract, apparently hoping to maintain good economic relations get measured by the order of is that good stuff even though just eat so just to let you know that i will do what do you see what you're seeing with this question? which was the same things change get the most of the will

uh, premium the premium. i'd say the final break came in september 2012, the discharge enough to go with them. most of them say that the bodies hilton had decided to remain in power forever. that there would be no more transition of power, no cause to boot, see, but the bottom funding and they're only due to non discrimination and kind of just to settle. and for that he needed an external enemy, a super human animation devotion. he was at the snow hung over and you can't find a better enemy. the nato eat lots of shim, not the garden, you presume, which the soviet union had collapsed with needle remained and even gained new members for approaching the needle. expansion is fundamental to his narrative and cloud diction. yeah, rushes, these ne, so as it may not just theory, the one that poses the graces, right? so for, at least from the russian perspective, i'm not just in military time high and the most go relates fee that nato was

planning a kind of to, to talk to the post the government, the other give them got to that's russ stock is the strategically important naval base and home to the german naval command, vice admiral frump lensky is one of the countries highest ranking officers. but his task is not purely a military one, e o c. so i need to know soon as the ball succeeds, an international body of water making them with a speaking, it's extremely important to maintain open shipping words. that's also true for russia. by the way, at least one side of its imports and exports passed through some pages back office . so russia also has a great deal of interest in keeping the baltic see result is the dealing in is a german mind hunting vessel. it patrols the baltic sea along with many other nato vessels. for a long time, the underwater threat here was largely fear radical says

i'm willing to just back. so he says, i think that's good on the, i'm the, this is a military vessel i used to detect the presence or absence of mine because it's all like we have to send to detect them and on. so i'm the equipment to destroy the all done finished and so can, in addition to that, so i'm going okay, we can also line mine's also leaving the mission has become broader and more dangerous. since the start of the invasion of ukraine, new threats have emerged, such as underwater attacks on pipelines, and threats to internet and power cables. yes, and that's outside this, so nobody let me out and divide. doesn't all covered up to that. we now have a new responsibility conducting on the water monitoring. we have set up any changes on the scene that i'll be in the monitor as a frequent intervals leasing, often leading to pulled off the offers assignment was the whole the investigation of the attacks. i know that stream pipeline to i'm speak of the not being pipeline . lieutenant fritz can to provide any details. the

mission is classified. who exactly carried out the attack is still a matter of speculation. all of the, the crew i've been doing and conduct frequent drills to prepare for emergencies like defending the ship from a direct assault. ok. so there by the us. the yes. just yeah. so let's say it was the one scenario is an attack by terrorists on a speed boat. yeah, yeah. right. so

the russian warships are still deployed on the baltic div getting what was interesting . you've said, are you all counselors with russian ships? do you happen to hear? the bone succeeds on sunday. i don't want to fall through most on. so we do have encounters like got to do, but they all take place under the principles of good semen shipped. and to me it's like a gentleman's agreement. it was, i think of, i don't you don't hang during on the vessels progress. i think of course, because we keep a close eye on what they're doing and if there's anything unusual, it's reported to me and gets evaluated. i taste of that that those reports are also strictly classified. getting at the all the the both the wish you a 2nd later on the to to also yeah.

like was on small noise. yeah. nito, finland and sweden have also conducted joint naval exercises even before finland joins. nato is because, well that's what it says. i got a corporation is very, very close it. i'm for several years now. we've seen frequency invitations to take parts and international move this under. it's not unusual for the finish. and swedish navy is to join us on exercise by owns mit it, sweden and finland, particularly feel the threat from russia. sweden has applied for nato membership. finland joined in 2023. it's border with russia is more than 1300 kilometers long. to land is jasmine and had always been neutral. it made a deliberate decision to remain outside of nato for a very long time. it based it security strategy on remaining neutral and

maintaining. i would say that and so even good relations with russia as much as possible, even during the cold war. and i think it was at the same time finland to maintain the strong military, especially along its russian border. it strategy, the best possible relations with russia and the best possible defense against this cost benefit calculation hasn't gone dimensionally changed since the war against ukraine bowl. this historical speaking, germany's defense minister in january 2023. it's not about the tone, but i want to emphasize again that germany is by a clear margin, the highest contributor to ukraine and the european union started. we are proud to provide the support because we believe it is important and necessary. and after the usa, we are on par with great britain. every military conflict, everywhere of aggression against us up in states always carries the risk of escalation is collect your, the gen,

sturgeon versus the norwegians secretary general of nato, has been a key advocate of nato enlargement. in europe, from the start, your so said attack on ukraine is more than the tackle. new crane is that it's a devastating horrendous attack on the innocent us people in ukraine. but there's also an attack on the holes, the to the pin security order. and that's the reason why we take it so experiences stokes and bread also regularly travels to stock home to meet with the swedish defense minister, pull the on so on and offer his support for the countries efforts to join me to some a aerial, to open book that's built, can we get that or through the shows the outbreak of war on february 24th. it's

been clear that russia is prepared to take major military and political risk and we have to be prepared for that. so for one thing we learn from this war is that if you want to have access to article 5 to nato's defense guarantees and noodles defense planning, you have to be a full member of nato. those results on the i think the most mama format do me of the nato headquarters in brussels. although russia wanted to weaken the alliance. the attack on ukraine has had the opposite effect. in may 2022, finland, and sweden submitted their official letter of application to join nato as staples by the lender in one of the 2 countries submitted their applications. i realized we were witnessing history in the making after all of those countries, when you troll for a long time, probably around sweden for more than 200 years. and the fitness became neutral towards the alliance in the 1950 side of although not entirely voluntarily. we've been working closely with both countries, so it was an exciting,

big moment. my phone, i'm course only the swedish defense university, and stockholm is an elite school for future military leaders. yackel best bag and internationally recognized expert in war studies. teachers here the halls are steeped in history, a concrete at the cost gum, snow depth, but of the live show that's friday. okay, and that's good news is you're on to much to sweden and finland reply from the time i missed you. i missed a couple of minutes. the russian government basically said to, that's no surprise to us you components of that west and well for a long time. glad to hide your into. so still, if we not, and you know to, we got the had, i was a week response of soul people because it was a major strategic the fee to rush me out. the and i didn't want to admit that it's the old stuff to you. i just need to know it's a military parade in moscow. on may, 9th, 2023,

march the 78th anniversary of the soviet victory over nazi germany. the, the kremlin itself has broad nieto even closer to russia's borders with this war against ukraine, the, and yet people in russia don't see this as a defeat. as russian foreign ministers sergey lab ross made clear of the united nations on april 25th 2023. there is your symptoms with i see a but that was put in the thirty's. little sure. and you're not the you unable supported with. the claim is that russia tried to prevent nato expansion. well, no, that's how they see it. from there, i re tower. we to have our ivory towers. and the conclusions of unbiased observers and political analysts in russia and abroad, which is that nato wanted to break up the russian federation, and ended up uniting it was when it's seized, configured. it's

a good thing. you'll know you'll split to nikolai petroff is a russian security expert who lives in exile in germany. it's easy to present whatever is going as a victorious move for rush and even defeats in these war wage could be seen as humans eating the seats. i can see that to be not that much defense because there are short opposes not ukraine, if that poses the whole west. it oppose this made the which is much stronger, but nevertheless russia is doing pretty well in view of criminals, propagandists and general ed population. oh, jerome inova is a well known journalist and human rights activist and russia. she also lives in exile in germany. which one would you go to was uh, new quote and can afford to lose this for any of the keys acting according to the

churchill doctrine. which you had with us are you in the blue, and that's the churchill said. if napoleon had had that prompt a newspaper, no one would ever have known that he lost the battle of waterloo, and we'll put in little pretty good and who can afford to lose the ukraine war. and we're still just convinced the russian people, but they're actually winning the war. we go in stock on the united states, make clear. it also stands behind sweden speed to join nato, a semester. thanks for hosting me today and, and thanks for the warm welcome. and the special thanks for those great, one of the 1st you have made the bow and historic decision to apply for nato membership. and you have the full and firm support of the united states. but what will nato gain from the membership of these 2 countries? which may be geographically large, but have

a relatively small population. only $16000000.00 people in all send their own steam in each house and should be looking at the middle, the trees of sweden and finland. it's evident that they both have well equipped and powerful armed forces. all they'll contribute today to defensive capabilities for taking well adding little to nature's cost and dental. i just didn't get those costs. these vis be class court bank warships belonging to the swedish, maybe our state of the art meeting. they have solved the psych money in from olga. we have a strong me before us cause we build and design submarines and operate them in the baltic sea or then we have a skilled fleet with modern corvettes and the ability to operate in coastal areas to move um the idea that you chose. now you also have a strong defense industry in sweden, city of bosses, right. and there's no other country in the world with 10000000 inhabitants that can

build and design both submarines and combat aircraft for those 2 days clicked on. another important factor is good land. a swedish island in the baltic sea. busy truck both coming to get them the opportunity for later on so sale and to talk to him. he's one of 3 strategic being pulled some times in the politics the region are treat for and homes another item. it's a danish territory. so, you know, to not far from russia's colleen graphic, i'm just tossed the entry way to the politics. a con. spot on the golf outlet is not the only significant kind of dogs central alarm, but it's like a non single line across kerio instantly a place or a military force is, can be stationed notice board for, for, to go through and i'll say at pretty the baltic she was also on the front lines during the cold war when germany was still

divided and the countries of nato and the warsaw pact were enemies. the balance of power in the region at that time is difficult to assess. military strength is not just about the number of ships and soldiers. it's also a question of the quality of the ships, whether it's in training for the cruise. the overall, the warsaw pact forces probably had an edge the. this is a rocket corvette, a worship from the former east, german folks, some of the know the people's navy in the 1980 this whole goodnight or captain to ship. much like this one in the feeling came on board in the front or so you can look it up. we had 4 missiles on

board with a range of 80 kilometers and an altitude of 25 to 50 meters to engage. so our mission was to destroy the enemy surface forces, mainly and then a rocket launcher since the enemy mine layers to meet the enemy's offensive forces opens these customer base photos from the 1980s document every day life on board. in retrospect, it seems like the calm before the store, the close item does of industry for the most of the large vessels and the soviet lead would have been moved to the atlantic to find the enemy forces. there is our aim was to take control of it straight from our side, the dana streams, and then extend our control and only one. also, the bingo pfeifer also served as captain in the east german navy on the baltic sea during the cold war. these normally calm waters became very dangerous

to us to buy his it could be a dish, ducks, and console thought soon the baltic sea, the marine region, with the highest concentration of naval force as an air force, as a field, according to more of a search for about 1350 naval vessels was stationed here in the baltic sea area. that includes the night to naval forces on the wall. so tact i'm sending and then sweden as neutral status as well as long as the whole set about $600.00 handicapped . isn't that lines going this marine region? so we have the largest concentration ministry forces in the world's best bet. nieto and the warsaw pact states were constantly preparing for war. the jew sides were engaged in an arms race, including in the baltic sea. a major confrontation appeared imminent and to both sides feared that the other might resort to nuclear weapons. and yet it did not come to ward. so how fall

a child was the situation really does your spiritual hobbies need to come in and it is much like the room in mars. such i rent documents to set the hall. so packed minutes we need to ship. this is, in other words, the sort of the at home forces august through to have good reason to believe at night time was not planning to start to long. but that's not what we believed in former east germany. we were always supposed to be ready for the audio. even on the weekends, the ships were required to be at 80 percent capacity, just because even when the west german navy was off luck. oh, might be launched on the weekend. we just bought rubbish gold. i'll go into the next week or so just to be able to travel and collection today. many believe the baltic states pharma chicken lily vulnerable. they were once part of the soviet union, and russia appears to europe for the days of soviet greatness. the

in march 2022, a stony and prime minister kindly call us paid a visit to nieto headquarters in brussels, the church, the allies to help protect us donia black, the end of the so we need to deter moscow. i think we have to double our efforts to put in cannot twin this war. this is very important to all of us to, to the security of nature as well. and the 2nd thing we need to discuss is how to increase our defense spending and how to do it to a very wisely, as so that. so we strengthen the eastern flank, especially the both the countries because we can't have these planned to uh, you know, a defend the country alone and then the neighborhood afterwards. so,

so that's why we need to have to come from that to terence a poster to defense plans and, and to very specific things to strengthen are part of the alliance with somebody should say it's probably about to jump. the jump to city isn't a blessed to be the c. 2. 10 believes that any of his tank divisions could invade estonia for lithuania or lot via and no one would resist him . when you to him, it doesn't matter. one bit that these countries joined tomato in 2004. so at the doors a us probably got those to be new for, i'm not the for the district. i'm got to do now to is, will send you building on the nato is militarily superior to russia. and russian meet to understand that just so that they don't even consider after attacking ukraine, also attacking and nothing neighbor or the baltic states. and so of course, both take partners kept telling us this was a real threat to be though we know,

did i had so much for us? the idea that these kind of imperialistic solutions still existed and seemed crazy and colorless this moment, that of the law, the air base is not far from well stocked. you're the baltic sea to launch a euro fighter squadrons are stationed here, with more than 70 aircraft in total. from here, they also protect the baltic states several times today, euro fighters take off from logic to secure the air space. the euro fighter type food is a well equipped aircraft for combat situations. the find richard features up to 3 external fuel tanks, as well as g p. s, and laser guided missiles for aerial and air to ground combat. the nito is stepped up, it's military exercises to test its combat readiness. a ryan $23.00,

a multi face exercise included one of the largest tactical lending exercises in decades. it stimulated the invasion of a smaller country by its larger neighbour training. how to defend against the invader ramp on troops, and i've lost a strike foss, hot and strong. it's a unique combat situation for the french army because it allows us to cross the front lines and strike attended me. i feel the voltage. 23 was a large scale naval exercise in the baltic sea as a show of force, the most advanced american aircraft carrier, the us, as gerald, our ford arrived in european waters at the same time. the

nieto and allied forces are constantly training to defend against and attack. the air just under 23 was the largest deployment exercise of air forces in need us history to all of these military exercises, risk provoking, russia. what else? and we've been conducting both tops for decades. so let me see, this is one of several regular exercises we carry out of the ball and succeeds on

coal is just like the northern coast exercise prussia carries out similar exercises . at the end of the day. these exercises and maneuvers are an essential part of maintaining your armed forces. that's why it's not unusual for armed forces, who are deployed as a deterrent to carry out exercises, which also sends the signal that we are in a position to take successful action if need be able in a home. so that is what is that enough to know how little something that over the last 10 to 15 years, a specific logic tend to, to shape a policy towards russia in the mantra was, don't provoke russia in order to avoid war. but with rushes full scale attack on ukraine, many people, including political decision makers, have finally understood that the central issue is not one of the western provocation funded most goes own well g, like which is largely impervious to outside influence a 3rd of the status mysteries and deposits in

1985, a large scale, botox or baltic operation, was carried out back then. it was certainly a provocation. the maneuver in the vault 6 was in the soviet union's back yard. the . the us, as iowa was an enormous battleship, 270 meters long, and 33 meters wide larger than the titanic today it's docked in los angeles. as of loading museum shipped in 1985, it was believed to have had nuclear capabilities. both alternatives if you will say tarzan, this of course cost us the most will pack leadership. it's was off the roll of knowledge combined ship with 16 inch guns on 3 target and the $632.00 cruise missiles on board with christmas. it was the 1st nuclear equipped carrier to sign

into the baltic sea. got c o u. s. navy, those full size through us navy. these photos were taken by the east german navy. the us, as iowa was a symbol of nato strength and of the decline of the warsaw pact. the hut is over at this ot mill. i gosh, golf at the end of the so if you guys happen to go off late to mentioned in a speech to members of the u. s. navy, i see is that they were very surprised and impressed by us naval technology. i think the u. s. navy will find the von or, and appraised to us navy and the come by power of the ship concert though, and admitted that we couldn't stand up to the comfort cost is actually english fits on the glass itself for whom the dust money in the game. but at the at the

same time in 1985 secret plans were unfolding at keep our kona on the east german island route. here lies a relic of the pat, just a former east german bunker on the far chip of the island. the night of the former corvette kept him in, the east german navy knows what it was used for on fitting clicks for the outside. in the event of war, the bunker was intended to ensure that the high command remained operation awful as it was originally planned to how 70 men. the bunker covers 2000 square meters and was built by soldiers from assessments, naval and construction battalion, all the other ones, or substance and other things. thomas van de bowed site, while it was still under construction in 1985 on a photo of the open excavation pit was published in the book about the eastern

german military. and then the bunch of other times someone realized what had happened. it was too late. some of the books had already been sold since i cost the remaining copies were destroyed. but the location had been revealed that it was now public knowledge and trouble and to definitely set a solid kind. in the event of war, the bunker would be an obvious target. it was a mistake that in some ways is symbolic of the decline of the east, german military, and of the soviet union as the leading power of the warsaw pact. 6 years later, soviet occupation forces began their withdrawal from germany, defeats admin likes item you're approaching never came to terms with even 30 years later, it is an experience. he seems not to have forgotten. i think that the vision of how is the cold war and it is very

different in the rush and that the west and the ideas they have to say that the union was defeated and failed, which is so widespread that the west is not a shred by majority of russians, they view, it was them who did stop the cold war and they failed human nation. it was of the case as a flag that pushed him came and promised to restore these rushes gloria as role was very positively taken by russians. but he did, you know that i see like e mail st. petersburg july 31st 202214 signs a new naval doctor and the pomp and ceremony were suggestive of a former world power with new global ambitions city.

amelia sonya, the minutes of the on the same day of large naval parade, took place in saint petersburg in his speech, putting outlined russia's new naval doctor the issue at the measure of check, what are areas of national interest are? first and foremost, our waters will be article with the black sea, this the of will cuts the bearings see in the baltic, and coral straight to the order. we will protect them firmly and by any means necessary. the key here is the capabilities of our navy. it is capable of

responding with lightning speed to anyone who wants to encroach on our sovereignty and freedom's level. the. but what does the new naval doctrine mean for nato? the they about who is this and with the rush, or it doesn't really matter whether there was a new don't train or an old one because russia makes up the same rules as it goes along the teeth. that's no consistency is the only constant is that they are again, that western values via freedom wouldn't be safe, tried everything in the power to one to mine corporation, within nato and within the european union. but with the majority innovation, it's gonna take now change the exact opposite, i don't, i would guess, but some people in putin's in a circle are rubbing that always in disbelief. and when i didn't think they expected, this has happened to me because i spent but russia has another key bargaining chip

. colleen in rod, according to russian threats, nuclear weapons, will be waiting here for the west end nato. colleen and crowd was once a part of the former province of each prussia. then it was called clinic's back and was occupied in 1945 by the soviet union. as the crow flies, it's just 500 kilometers from berlin. cleaning got up some. i know the dodging fluid deals as well. you know, i've often, i'm still in grad is important to the russian navy and the ground forces housing down. it's the domestic force of the baltic fleet house, the house of rushes, maritime military strategy, and the politics. the regional but it's also important for most goes ground forces because it serves as a russian outpost in the middle of nato and e u territory on stationing, besides the, for example, east come, the missiles provides russia with much boston access to europe and serves as

a deterrent during peace of times 5 and the abstract and difficult and 5 and time. russia has threatened to station nuclear weapons and because they didn't crowd, but in reality, they've probably been there for years already. awesome. all good. they are kind of cool stuff. the that up, they'll take it up, but it's not my get, i would say russia is being very reckless. and it's rhetoric when it threatens nuclear weapons at this moment when it carries out exercises with nuclear weapons, and often the, or the, it's irresponsible into stabilizing this w. c. i absolutely reject russia's behavior from this guy get either way, the real question is, would put you resort to the use of nuclear weapons the is aging. and so she did express these couple of times, so that's into so from nuclear, it kept us off. we'll go to paradise and our animals will go to hill. uh,

which this is not the real threats of, but which means let's take him, sam kennedy's direction, at least just of water. yeah. so, so yeah, 3 to 4 discussion why she's through the legal team version. the frankly, i believe in coupons madness. the studio beach is really important for him to remain in the history books as the great one, the, the great collector of russian land, the great victor of nato, roche. okay. without that, which look to produce that back to the beginning of the current conflict and ukraine. a war not launched by nato, the didn't. what's the effect on the tons of this mission? if russia succeeds in ukraine? this will not be the final attack because we have to make this clear to rush you guys to vladimir putin squished you off with

a jump to speaks with him from time to time. but i don't think it's possible to reach him just he's behaving like a map on bonds. and yet he's also responsible for the death of many thousands of russian soldiers so that i'm sleeping homeless, the 12 as a kind of push this to get. and i don't think the world will end in the near future to form, and i don't see a winner emerging in the near future either. that's why it's so important that we do not stop setting. an example in our support for ukraine is to, to, didn't quite units is that the is now with us has reached us. you'll just, you lose your mouse. and it's important that we don't delude ourselves, that, that will be an easy way out. it's nothing to short term impulsively north, even in the medium term, is the underlying question is, is there

a viable way out of this country to considering the current political system in russia and the above will give them the current ruler, the current regime. now, i don't think there is because this imperialist world view, in disbelief that russia is under threats. a very deeply ingrained staff function is the nato secretary general young stoughton beg, went to keep an early 2023, and paid a visit to the wall of remembrance. honoring falling ukrainian soldiers leaving the world where we have extra help for going on in your uh, with the large scale military operations we haven't seen in europe since the 2nd world war. the, the honest race on the baltic sea is far from over. a new cold war is raging on european waters. a conflict that is causing terrible suffering. and one which bears

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