as they say shrinking , the head of the foreign ministry of the baltic countries said that the baltic becomes a nato sea this statement was made from finland's plans for sweden to join the north atlantic alliance. the baltic sea is becoming a nato sea there are still problems to be solved the current security situation needs more bold plans on the part of the alliance this is a very clear message that northern europe is nato territory from all practical political and security standpoints it would be more reliable finland is fully compatible with the armed forces of nato, which was confirmed during joining nato in finland means that the alliance itself will be significantly strengthened and at the same time strengthen security in northern europe and the baltic sea region. yes listen well, it's interesting how sergey alexandrovich that is, it turns out that the baltic sea becomes an internal nato one, and so it is. that is, just as alesya puts it, the exquisite ring shrinks, and we need to accept it. why not take anything . there from my point of view. this did not have to be accepted a

uh, entry, uh finland and sweden, i will say a paradoxical thing about the baltic states of the balticugh it would seem. well, how are their older brothers, the middle ones don’t care that nato will be able to properly defend the baltic states, if in finland sweden is the only non -political but military-political scenario in which finland needs sweden but. he 's next uh. here ukraine plays the role of a consumable , but behind ukraine there is such a detachment in the form of poland, without which the ukrainian situation. it would be impossible, france and uh, germany are the main pillars of uh, the european ones inside nato of the european union show indecisiveness to one degree or another, the united states , so to speak, remotely rules all this, but there must be a serious one. here is a grant on uh, on earth. that's the only thing that means the baltic states can again be consumables. there are some of the baltic states, but who will be such a real foreign detachment for them. here sweden and finland are outside the alliance. most likely in one way or another degree. they would ev

the baltics are successfully fulfilling the tasks.s on the ships of the fleet protect important military facilities and participate in the performance of special tasks in unfamiliar terrain. military equipment enters victory square for the fifth year, the preparation of a mechanized column is being carried out by the commander of the battalion for weapons of the missile brigade and the baltic fleet, major sergei quarantine. dear comrades, on victory square, the legendary t-34 tank with the red banner of victory, this thirty -four participated in the assault on the fortress city of königsberg. the crew of the tank won five combat victories, including the destruction of the fascist self-propelled gun ferdinand during the war years 1.142 tankers became heroes of the soviet union t-34 tanks were in service throughout the great patriotic war and there was no better combat vehicle in any army in the world heavy motorcycle k-750, developed on the basis of the famous motorcycle of the great world war ii m-72 gas, 6 soviet military all-wheel d

well, i didn't say, i quoted the head of latvia's mido about the baltic sea., is it so bad everything in ukraine that they are trying to shift the focus, or have they screwed up? they didn't use the word. it was mildly said. uh, let's just say lithuania. i just want to take. lithuania and she just categorically forgot the story. and who gave her access to the sea in general, that is, the soviet union russia gave her access to the sea, who would lithuania be if not for the soviet union on which bukhutor was their capital, because the cove did not belong to lithuania, which stood up, you can see there too these were other cities, therefore lithuania as a state if it wasn't, and let's talk about access to the sea, and now they sing along. well, excuse me, this is the same thing that they recognize our state as a terrorist state at the level of their parliaments. they are simply doing the job of their masters. they are vassals of everything, that is, uh, the task is set. they sing ; how did you end the population of estonia, latvia, lithuania, has already left the

the baltics are also wonderful people. a lot of open fields sort of like eastern ukraine and they are strategically exposed. we all know that and that's been the hardest problem for nato since they became members in 2004. i think solidifying the pathway to the baltics actually is a major potential contribution that sweden and finland and the whole baltic sea area. but to the extent we can essentially establish the reliable logistics pathway that is an important contribution to a holistic nato defense. do you agree and what kind of steps might operationalize that and can you give an example or two when geographically we might work together that might be appropriate to solidify to the baltics assuming membership for your country? >> we will become part of the planning and appropriations that will allow them to sort of benefit when the membership actually brings. >> excellent. >> and there hasn't been any detailed h discussion. >> but if you look at the geography and look at the islands we have in the baltic and what i told y

the relevant agreements from the baltic states, and lithuania declared us a state terrorist.usly, she sent a statement, took away her ambassador, recalled him home, and closes her consulate. uh, there's a terrible event going on in latvia with, uh, demolition being planned. uh, a monument in soviet monuments is our common history, in fact. they tear themselves away from their own roots, but that's not even the point. they violate our bilateral agreement and in particular article 13 of it. what if one of the articles violated, as stated in the fifteenth article, then, in fact, on this contract, but ceases to exist. that is, the situation is moving towards the fact that the security architecture in general in this baltic region is on the verge of collapse. eh why? because we are coming to a situation where we will have problems with bilateral agreements with finland. and here they began to discuss estonia with the baltics, but stopped, the question that they do not recognize russian territory, but specifically the pechora in front of sulfur. yes, er, here, the estonians are rea

these statements from the baltic republics in a variety of different ways are unimportant.estonia they are absolutely. well, they are predictable. they are obviously afraid of the flower showdown on the ninth tenth of may in river, just to explain this genesis with this very sharp reaction. the fact is that if you look at these processes that are taking place in the baltics, i want to say again, it seems to me that these countries are also subject to a certain degree of unified classification. now i am not talking about wars, political methods of war, technical and so on, but we can do concretely the processes that are taking place in society, how they are trying to erase history, how russian-speaking people are treated. and we always said in principle, we are never embarrassed that we will always respond to such unfriendly steps with measures of a military-technical nature and other measures. look, come on. here. so i love our pathos speech and always speech itself. i do it often, but the time has come for concrete action, and a special military operation on february 24 pu

hmm, ours, and the baltic sea.o will control the corresponding legal regimes and kaliningrad is the same person. e with a noble russian surname. yes, i hope guys, why are you giving us a map, we have already discussed everything about ukraine. do you like this map more, or something. uh, but he's involved in this palace family. here recently, not far away is so . and he said to kaliningrad, there, green, kaliningrad, yes, that is, the maximum problems before russia in supplying kaliningrad with this decision are creating for us yes, in addition to the northern arctic problems there. we are everything else. and what does this mean and again i propose? like once again, and once again to return to history, everything is already there was. and russia, the moscow kingdom was the great continental at that time already held and peter i broke through the planes, then there were no trains, and there was no communication between trade with e, the west and with the blue countries. uh, you had to exercise for this was then the

some people have described it as a nato lake, the baltic.increase that in an area that was a vacuum for security. this will change dramatically and i think this is going to be very hard to explain to the public, that instead of pushing back on nato, it has two new members. >> we have run out of time and we will have to leave the conversation there, q-tip -- thank you to our guests. thank you for watching, you can see the program by visiting our website, aljazeera.com and on facebook, facebook.com/ajinsid estory. also on twiter, @ajinsidestory . bye for nwo. -- now. ♪q man, voice-over: here at kato restaurant, we try to use a lot of ingredientshat are highly prized in chinese/taiwanese culture. we try and see if we can change what certain perception of what luxury is. when i grew up, it was simply "we're going to this place becae they have good food that reminds me of my home, and i nt my kids to try it," but now it's like, "wow! i didn't know you grew up in san gabriel. i get it. you like this, i like this, too." it creates a conversation, a

the strategic importance of the baltic, of course, has changed a lot over 200 years, and our baltic is the road towards kaliningrad today they cannot restrict us in any way from a legal point of view, because the navigation zone still remains free , they can control in anti-technical attitude, but they did it before, you know, sweden, for all its neutrality, after all, it has always was one way or another, how is it a soul with nato, so we will find something to answer, you understand, and plus to this, how the baltic countries need to think hard, because it can also be a land corridor. e to kaliningrad in which case. it's you about the landfill dishonest. yes, well, how interesting, i think the information channel on the first live time will tell anatoly kuzichev olesya loseva the russian ministry of defense published footage of the combat work of the airborne troops machine-gun crews are under pressure enemy sniper positions, russian troops destroyed a ukrainian pontoon crossing across the river. seversky donetsk armored vehicles trying to cross. vsu, the crossing was completely dest

as a baltics are -- the politics are wonderful, tough people. look of open fields, but eastern ukraine. there has been a problem for members of nato since 2004. it means it is solidifying nato's path to the baltics is a potential contribution of the sweden and norway -- finland could decide on. to the extent we can establish a reliable logistics pathway to the baltics, i think that is an important contribution to a holistic nato defense. do you agree? what steps may help? we may work together on an island or some other kind of specific preparation, solidifying nato's ability to defend the baltics. >> operations allow them, the alliance has one contribution. >> there has not been any detailed discussion because we just pitted in our application -- handed in our application. look on the islands we have in the baltics, as you can take part in air policing. operational planning is key. that is what needs to start very soon. >> i sometimes have been a critic as how the nato enlargement process has happened and did not support the idea of operant memb

, the neighbouring baltic states, the neighbouring baltic states, the neighbouring baltic states veryeasons when there are political and military issues at play to threaten energy supplies. so, ithink issues at play to threaten energy supplies. so, i think that this is just the same rationale coming out here. finland is a very reliable country, it is economically very wealthy, there is no reason why finland would miss a payment. particularly on something as important as its energy supplies, so i think this is just more political games, more effort at hybrid interference from russia. we must leave it there. _ interference from russia. we must leave it there. thank _ interference from russia. we must leave it there. thank you _ interference from russia. we must leave it there. thank you very - interference from russia. we must| leave it there. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news.- forjoining us on bbc news. thank ou. running a village watering hole is usually more about pulling pints than striking poses. but the publishers of british vogue were so worried their readers might c

which officials do, for example, in riga, declaring that the baltic sea is already an inland sea. nato will have to be in charge here, but stoltenberg's statement fits perfectly into this, in fact, outline. i don't know whether or not in finland sweden will somehow be able to avoid placing nato infrastructure on its territory. mm. uh, there is a nuclear planning group. firstly, the representatives of finland and sweden should also be involved. although they say that they will not allow the deployment of nuclear weapons on their territory, they will nevertheless participate, including in choosing a target for possible nuclear strikes on russia, i want to say that the same here, well, for example, sweden has a network of first-class military airfields and first-class naval bases on its territory. of course, the alliance will use these bases both in reinforcement operations and in we can’t rule out the possibility that with the aggravation of the military-political situation in the european theater of operations, on the territory of these countries, at the same time, some strike elem

for these people in the baltics which now i hope they are watching us.om all of russia from my grandfather, who ended the war in the baltic states the baltic front after the liberation of belarus after operation bagration yes , he ended the war in the baltic states 2 years he is not with me and uh, until now, you know, the shivers take me, how i miss him, how i appreciate all the years that he was with me telling me about the cost of this victory, so i bow to you from my grandfather, guys from the baltic states , because you have not forgotten that you remember for that you come, i'm with you mentally soul. i want to say. thanks also to a woman, for example, who was not afraid to put on a t-shirt with the inscription russia in riga and went out with a sense of pride, but she was met by the police and said that this day should not be celebrated as a victory. and the day of remembrance of the victims in ukraine instead of may 9, look. what to cover up? yes, and what to cover up, and we have victory day may 9 victory day has always been 70 years old. and no

this year, the composition of the baltic fleet will be replenished with new warships, and including small missile ships, they have already been launched and are preparing for testing. this was reported in the fleet on the day of its creation. today. he is 319 years old sailors celebrate the holiday saw marinova they work out electronic missile launches, including without even going to sea at the quay wall in the main naval base of the baltic fleet, both on holidays and in. weekdays combat training comes first , on the right of the official system exhibited launch. it is allowed to eat small missile ships of the buyans project, despite their small size they have enormous firepower. this is a universal weapon of the fleet from the arctic to the caspian sea, a small rocket ship, a green dollar, regularly works out real launches of cruise missiles in the waters of the white sea the main strike weapon, the ship's missile system, caliber capable of hitting targets at a distance of over 1,000 km. it was they in the mediterranean that destroyed terrorist targets in syria. due to their size, these

l need to the satisfaction of baltic states, and now the baltic states have paras, amberlynn in their sites, is stony in prime minister kaya collins has said amendment my most recent call to live here. for here this month. i feel that everybody is constantly calling him. he doesn't get the message that he is isolated. so if we want to get the message through that actually you are isolated dot com. there's no point. sound like advise you give to a friend after being dumped by next knives out, brimming with diplomatic savvy. and in april hole in from his hysterically criticised knuckles diplomatic reach, saying mister micron, how many times have you negotiated with bruton and what have you achieved? have you stop to any of the actions that have taken place? nobody negotiated with hitler which negotiate with hitler was stolen with poll pot, or just a shots, has found himself in the baltic crosshairs as well over germany's initial reluctance to flood ukraine weapons alongside its nato allies pressure to which the moon in stock ultimately gave in. in april weapons, experts, hoary risk endi

it will be of particular importance for the baltic region. let me also highlight that, or say that i also recognize the importance of addressing the concerns that turkey has raised. turkey is an important ally. their strategic geographic location is important for the whole alliance, bordering iraq and syria. they have been key in the fight against isis, daesh.ir a black sea nation close to russia in the black sea.ai and then of course you have to remember that no other nato, ally has suffered more terrorist attacks than turkey, and no other nato ally holds more refugees than turkey. so we have to sit down and find a way forward. and i'm confident that we will do so. in the meantime, we need to make sure that we also address some of the concerns that finland and sweden has raised about this interim period. and that's the reason why we also have now increased our p presence in the baltic region: an amphibious ready group underr nato command and more presence in that region of europe. >> thank you. you also said, secretary general, that of cours

it's not the 1st time that the baltic countries have tried calling the shots for the you. the representatives in brussels have her team the counter, including by the chief diplomat, joseph burrell, to engage with russia after a press conference alongside russian foreign minister observed law in moscow. in february of last year. morale was forced to explain why he called russia's weekly anti proven vaccine. good news for the whole mankind, and a hope you will prove it, which of course it still hasn't. by the way, we're also to justify why you failed to insert himself, russell domestic, embarrassed by neglecting to adequately condemn the imprisonment of opposition. figure, let's say that i'll need to the satisfaction of baltic states. and now the baltic states have paris and berlin in their sites. estonian prime minister kaya collins amendment most recent call to live here. for here this month. i feel that everybody is constantly calling him. he doesn't get the message that he is isolated. so if we want to get the message through that actually you are isolated, don't call th

citizenship during the first republic, that is, between the first and second world war, when the balticere independent, others had to undergo the naturalization procedure, that is, pass exams in including the knowledge of the language, it naturally protected the baltic countries, because a fairly large percentage of such people did not have the corresponding citizenship and the ability to vote and block the movement of the baltic countries to europe. now, well, it is difficult to say, because they definitely have a lot. all ordinary people are very decent russians here who even directly help the ukrainian army, they say that we will run away, but still, a very large percentage of russians remain in favor of putin. did things change on the 24th? well, it probably changed, but i can’t say what the fundamentals are. a-and even in estonia they began to a-a publicize a social survey about the war in ukraine, in latvia such a survey was made public, and here, in principle, the situation is very similar, but if we talk about the russian-speaking e-e of everything else and vlad, somewhere aroun

she too, is afraid that the baltic nations will be the next to come under threat. we go to the russian embassy, where the protests were held just a few days prior. though with her as with the human massages and yet must fully awesome. i never thought something like this could happen. gossum pussy, educate mazda, sir. okay, master law, i always talk about the 21st century in terms of what we owe, which he was handsome, that were tolerant and innovative. the what did they leave us? a walk and now this is more breaks out. not in information, we're out of real one in 4 months like we know from the history books or eucharist car of dogs of your khaki most gave it see the hard to wrap your head around. oh, it's the grill. always some guilty. little walk there to preston. or shoes, something that's changed on the one side. we have this way, the police and because we're standing in front of the russian embassy were being watched the whole time by a little camera. the protests continue year nonetheless. meanwhile, rita's parents live 170 kilometers away from the lithuanian

the old fear of russia has returned, especially in the baltic region ticket. i typed that nobody doubts it because i knew that go to epa. gov, but 2nd guy, the cold war in the iron curtain were terms i know from history class. but roger's invasion of ukraine has changed all that the old high east west divided suddenly back, which makes me both angry and to frank take just one little spark to unleash a global conflict. what do people in north eastern europe think about all this and how are they responding to current developments? russia and the e. u share a border stretching over 2000 kilometers from the baltic states to northern finland . above is the border to nato member norway. there lies the town of cucumbers. oh, why does a 1000000 angle lean has caught an intruder? stop down on your knee. she and her fellow border guards are conducting a mock arrest. anyone crossing the norwegian russian border illegally is not exactly given a warm welcome i'm. if you cross that are retina reason border, if you get any help on the russian side. yes. okay, we're gonna do

well, let's remember who were the three baltic republics that i now differ. well , probably a special degree of russopho. and between the two wars it was state. who are the meters, they really don’t like it when they are called that, they were such watchdogs on a peg that had to bark at the soviet union all the time, it was such a front line, nothing has changed, so nothing has changed, therefore, if we will talk about latvian. by the way, i must say that latvians are also, in general, all different. it's just that now it's a landslide. uh, neo-nazi propaganda consciousness, it crawled out and someone who is now in power in latvia is the heirs of the forest brothers, but the worst thing is the heirs of the tux here of those two ss divisions who volunteered to fight on the page. let's remember. let's remind this here, especially hmm, and the president who has jewish roots. and latvia that allows you to say such things. let's recall that they equipped two uh, two divisions with the volunteer so-called waffle ussr, they fought valiantly. to the country of the fa

and of course they also close the strategic gap around the baltic sea . the geographical dimension is very, very important here that they basically turned the baltic into, into a nato lake, which it previously was not. so it's very helpful, can they, so for to have them. and so what are the dangers then for the white baltic region for estonia, for latvia, for lithuania, ah, the baltic states south of finland, of course, which also border russia, bearing in mind that we've got the the exclaim of, collin in grad sandwiched between poland and an lithuania, all of these countries have been very concerned about the potential for aggression from russia since their independence in 19191991. and all of them, with the exception of sweden and finland, had already made the determination that the best way to preserve that independence was to join nato. as i said earlier, this conflict began because russia did not accept that ukraine was an independent state. it's absolutely clear if you look at what present patients said or of the russian politicians have said, this

we discussed the topic of aliens, a unique operation in the baltic nuclear reactors, where it will becomert of the icebreaker new generation, yakutia hello in the studio andrey shevtsov the frontier village of tetkino in the kursk region was shelled from ukraine, as the governor of the region roman old cumin mortar shells exploded on the outskirts of the settlement on the territory of the sugar factory, with return fire from the frontier units of the fsb and military combat points ukrainians were suppressed, no one was hurt, in addition, starovoit noted that in the village of alekseevka, which had been shelled the day before and had already restored the connection of electricity and gas supplies, repairs were underway ukrainian nationalists attacked the damaged buildings and houses and the republic of donbass fired 20 rockets from the grad multiple launch rocket system in donetsk in the morning, we will set fire to yasinovataya and dokuchaevsk, there has not yet been a report of the dead and wounded. ukrainian soldiers use civilian infrastructure facilities to place heavy weapons there, s

only the baltic baltic and discounts also bulgarian, we furnished and supplied the data of the baltic countries and romania, if to romania these are by trains , cars and river transit, then the baltics, it is a collection, well, trains by trains, because by cars, if the logistics were the same, it would cost quite a long time, calculated on a one-ton and then and we are now leaving the first train of 2000 t test eh well, to calculate the cost of the fact, the cost of the delivery speed, if you understand how much we can fix to many , reminding you of the month in the season and after the harvest as well after the season, the more often news appears here that russia, which, in addition to killing ukrainians , steals not only toilets and some rags there, but also our grain and tries to sell it to a middle eastern country, as part of the war, please tell me how it is is tracked and will the countries be punished if suddenly they decide to buy this stolen grain well, the russian occupiers only wanted to sell it to egypt, well, it cannot be hidden because it is, well, not in a bag, yes, a

for the white baltic region for estonia, for latvia, for lithuania, ah, the baltic states south of finland, of course, which also border russia. bearing in mind that we've got the, the exclaim of colin and grad sandwiched between poland and an lithuania. all of these countries have been very concerned about the potential for aggression from russia since their independence in 19191991. and all of them, with the exception of sweden and finland, had already made the determination that the best way to preserve that independence was to join nato. as i said earlier, this conflict began because russia did not accept that ukraine was an independent state. it's absolutely clear if you look at what present patients said or of the russian politicians have said, this is about whether countries have the right to choose their own future. finland and sweden of now decided they will choose their own future and their choosing their future within nato. and russia needs to accept that. that is how the world works. dmitri, russia needs to accept. that's how the world works. the country's deputy foreign minist

holidays and weekdays combat training sailors of the baltic fleet today celebrate their professional holiday to the oldest fleet of russia 319 years old. and we start with the operational information of the ministry of defense that we have just received over the past day in mariupol, 694 more radicals surrendered, who were blocked on the territory of the plant. azov became among them 29 wounded now they are provided with medical assistance. but in total, since may 16, 959 militants have laid down their arms. including 80 people in the comparison, 51. of these, inpatient treatment was required, they were taken to the city hospital, but it is in azov in the donetsk republic. the unique fighting qualities during the special operation are shown by the crews of super-maneuverable su-30 and su-35 fighters of army aviation; they are not detected by the system enemy air defense modern equipment allows you to attack four objects at once, the pilots approach the target at an extremely low altitude and strikes with missiles. type air surface 100% hit is confirmed by means of objective control r

the ships of the lithuanian navy do not take part in the baltic fortress.a also has coastal services of these two countries. in including military scuba divers maneuvers will continue until sunday, these exercises have been organized since 2008 on a rotational basis by one of the three baltic countries this year, latvia a next year. estonian maneuvers are considered essential for the combat smoothing of nato naval units operating off the baltic coast. the fact that the buildup of nato's military presence on the eastern flank poses a threat to the security of belarus and russia is an obvious fact, but this is precisely the main goal of the north atlantic alliance, they believe experts. vladimir vasiliev, chief research fellow at the institute for the usa and canada and the russian academy of sciences. it is not excluded that at any moment some of these troops may enter the western regions of ukraine. under the pretext of peacekeepers, this is a strategy to strengthen the eastern flank. nato hell began relatively long ago after the events of the fourteenth ye

it will be of particular importance for the baltic region. let me also highlight i also recognize the importance of addressing concerns. turkey is an important ally. there strategic location is important for the whole alliance, ordering iraq and syria. they've been key in the fight against isis. and, then, of course, you have to remember that no other nato ally has suffered more than turkey, and no other ally holds more refugees than turkey. so we have to sit down and find a way forward. i'm confident we will do so in the meantime. -- in the meantime we have to address concerns that finland and sweden have raised about this interim period. that is why we also have to increase our presence in the baltic region and more presence in that region of europe. >> thank you. you also said, secretary-general, you cannot predict the outcome of the war in ukraine. i think many participants at davos also ask themselves the question, can this in the in a full-fledged war between russia and nato? sec. gen. stoltenberg: nato allies and provide support to our

sweden has ports on the baltic sea and naval forces that fail on the baltic sea. they have something referred to as the unsinkable aircraft carrier. they will bring an enormous amount of surface capability to us in the baltic sea. they also have underwater capabilities that will help us as well. >> excuse me. the funding we approved and that i voted for, the supplemental funding for ukraine, do think it was wise to send that to ukraine? >> i think we will put that to good use. we will put out to good use. >> can you speak about how the food assistance and broader scope of the bill focusing on the threat to food sources in north africa and what would happen if we don't pay attention to that in terms of stability and area isis, boko haram will look to see destabilized? >> absolutely. those groups feed on the and food insecurity, corruption and poverty. just like groups elsewhere in the world. they've been doing fairly well, they have made gains in the southwest that we need to keep an eye on and that our allies in europe nead to h -- need to help with. a food shorta