that started the baltic, said it was lucas. take his 1st trip since the corona lockdown in spring 2020 fresh air, a short trip somewhere like to the baltic coast. it's something i've been missing these past months. just like many of us. the corona virus pandemic as disrupted travel world white. my 1st trip after the easing of restrictions, germany took me to van amended the state of mecklenburg, western pomeranian here from the lighthouse. you can get a good view of the baltic resort. traveling in corona virus times. how does that look like? with all the social distancing and hygiene rules, it's summer in germany, so it's high season and that means it can get really crowded on the beach in restaurants, in hotels. and i would like to know how those people in charge the tourists are dealing with this situation here in vitamin ah, holiday makers are back here in vitamin to at the ball to coast. and of course, i'm curious to find out more about what's brought them here. walk away from, from cologne. what brought you here? and that

what do you like about the baltic now? that all to view the way it's always different in every kind of weather. you never tire of it on the long waiting on the suns really nice this year, so don't forget your sunscreen showing. it seems like the air is also a bit clearer this year. so the view is really nice when it's available to go. all right, thank you, monterey, and me my next stop is a tour of the harbor. ah. on board the captain rush for his pass along the national stretch of water that extends from the fishing point of an amendment to the last on the van namenda seaside resort is actually the district of the city of austin in stock harbor. we are greeted by the cruise ship terminal. normally it's been some $200.00 cruise ships dock here and every year. the us stock shipyards or cruise ships are built, are also unusually quiet. it's still not clear how and when things will start back up again. ringback an hour later we're on our way back to bonham and ah, tourism has a long tradition here. the 1st i'll tell for touri

so, ukraine insists that the black sea, like the baltic sea, become a nato sea .how realistic is this? what does this mean ? it's us now and we will talk to the air oleksandr khara, an expert on foreign security policy of the center for defense strategies oleksandr my greetings words of dmytro kuleba let's make the black sea a nato sea this means take us to nato does this mean that let's sign some kind of additional agreement, ukraine is not in nato yet and somehow determine the strategy of nato and the usa on the black sea. how to understand it. well, i think that these are several steps that must be taken. it is clear that ukraine needs finnishization so that we are mutually compatible signs and at the right time , we became members of nato, this is the only guarantee of security for ukraine against the base civil and nuclear russian federation . document that was prepared by the expert community, it consisted of several points, the first is that the black sea black sea region has been so neglected for too long , they did not pay attention to it in the 14th year

and the season for porridge has begun in the baltic. so on the southern donetsk in the direction of the special operation, our units this morning repelled all attempts to carry out reconnaissance by force, about 20 militants were destroyed , and in the marinka area, two enemy strongholds were liquidated , the assault on the positions of ukrainian formations in artyomovsk continues, and even more so , our rocket artillery is working there with jewelry, with the advanced report of the military commissar alexander large-caliber artillery of the first the slavic brigade breaks through the fortified positions and strongholds of the militants. vsu. avdiivka area. calculations of self-propelled howitzers with a carnation, work well-coordinated on shells, they fall exactly into enemy trenches, the maximum density of fire for the enemy, what is called the head does not raise. our infantry is moving forward, they are trying to us some kind of counteroffensive, we are waiting for them to repulse and move further in the direction. to liberate their

yes, the cool waters of the baltic are found european smelt. the name of one of the varieties of this fish in march. a small silvery fish goes to the kaliningrad curonian lagoons to spawn, and from there it rolls down into the river. here. the main thing is not to miss the moment when the fish itself goes into the hands of a large one, yes. well yes, good idea. we are here, here, and here, uh, the water is tossing and turning, and here it is spattering. this is smelt, and how many smelts can be caught in spring putin go fishing tanks and the warmer the water in the rivers, the richer the catch and the the stories of fishermen seem more reliable for 40 pieces of the same infection, uh, and more and 50 even got any kind of fish at the gastronomic fair from mackerel on the coals and barbecue from the baltic salmon, but most of all, tourists peck at the local delicacy above on the embankment in the resort of svetlogorsk appetizing smell of fresh cucumber. holiday queen. now the fish is just finished cooking , roll it in your hand, put it in a pan a

the baltics and some of the former communist states. but now this is really now come out into the open, the polish prime minister, more of yes, his visit to washington last week, or during his presto with her with the vice president cala harris. he said that audio has tried to make peace with russia, and only europe has been found wanting. what was needed was the new approach of the new europe, which had experience of communism, and therefore, knew exactly how to deal with russia. and so now you're suddenly seeing this, this alliance because of all the, or the, you know, the conductor of all of the ukraine venture has always been the united states. and, and the united states now has its allies, the end of poland, the baltics. and again, some of the former communist states who want this to escalate. they want to full scale war. i mean, more of yes, get pretty much says this is, this is what civilizational struggle against russia. and so now you can go this bunch of people as, as you said, either this is over a dangerous and you know, som

the crew of the baltic sailors is already completed. the crew is recruited. of baltiysk went to surface ship training courses in st. petersburg, ready for everyone in social the tasks that we will face the ship will serve as part of the baltic fleet. where soon, after the completion is already on the water, will this newest minesweeper of mine defense valery kuznetsov go ? for orthodox believers, today is great or passionate, friday is the most mournful day of the church calendar, when it is customary to remember the sufferings on the cross and the death of christ on this day, fasting becomes especially strict it is allowed to use only water and bread in churches, priests in dark clothes worship the shroud. it symbolizes the cloth about which the body of jesus was covered in the evening with the removal of the shrine and in the cathedral of christ the savior

friends of ukraine, because they are long, long ago from denmark. there will be a country like the baltics, that is, a country that knows what it is. russia experienced a war with russia, experienced problems. and now it will be a country that speaks first. well, maybe not first, but second, we want to help, we want to что делать мы понимаем россия оригинал или это будет такая ближе к холландиии, well, let's look, let's wait, let's see . how was a referendum in the netherlands about whether ukraine should join the european union or not ? you think, i think that there will be a storm, they will be in the middle, because the branch is a little special, it happens in one country, we don’t know that there is such a feature , he knows that there is a premium, and the imperial imperial thinking over shrews, that’s all fine to me we know and have met and more than once , and not temporarily, there is one difference between finland and the baltic countries in terms of how many fuckers and yet they didn't lose the election, they didn't lose 20% of our territory, eh- 400,000 films had to leave and t

baltics? the swedes certainly do. to have them in the fold to teach as and help us get better and stronger as what will soon be pretty spicy or could be, and soon, it could be pretty spicy operating environment. we look forward to welcoming them. christopher: any predictions on the football? seth: we make the playoffs! no ballgame! christopher: you have to try really hard to not make a ballgame! we will make it. seth: just a heads up before i thank him, we will break now for lunch which is out there. we will return at 12:34 panel on challenges in european defense. if you could join me before we break in thinking admiral grady for joining us -- thanking admiral grady for joining us. [applause] [indiscernible] >> a break in this conversation about global security following russia's invasion into ukraine including remarks from the joint chief of staff and request for grady and other defense leaders. while we wait for more, here is a portion of the event from earlier today. >>

as long as the baltic remains.this region in russia where lng ships are being refueled over time our first bunkerings in september 22 the number of bunkerings you do is growing every month and the list of ships we block is constantly growing. yes , it is not very long yet, but we only started expanding the use of this type of environmentally friendly economically profitable fuel only six months ago, which means there will be new russian blockers and lng ships nikolay bulkin anton zykov viktor hoodie sergei preobrazhensky ntv the gulf of finland of the baltic sea. the orthodox believer today celebrates the feast of the annunciation of the most holy theotokos on this day, remembers the events when the archangel gabriel appeared to the virgin mary and announced that she would have a son who would become the savior of the world, according to legend, in her hands. the archangel held a white lily, a symbol of purity and purity, which is depicted on almost all icons of the annunciation. holiday date, enduring april 7 exac

if someone still wonders why the baltic countries do not trust china as a mediator in achieving peacee, then here is the chinese ambassador, who claims that crimea is russia and the borders of our countries do not have a legal basis , such a violent reaction is quite understandable chinese diplomats one of his phrases called into question not only the borders of the baltic countries, but their sovereignty, the same vilnius, was transferred to lithuania during the years of the soviet authorities in the period that the balts now call the occupation, as they did not fail to emphasize in the estonian foreign ministry, however, from those territorial acquisitions. why don't you refuse and china offer to think about it, and who are you guys who recognized you? that's what you have the rights of international law for the benefit of some. the stories that you received during the period that you cross out of your history , china, as it were, noticed such a circumstance. uh, western countries do not recognize the annexation of crimea to the russian federation, they do not recognize the accessio

the baltic stage don't. there's no, even if they don't have a soul unit. nonetheless, the baltic states are always in favor with charlton, but also on the line and in washington. so nato trump's all. yeah, exactly. it's, you know, i'm glad you brought up a poems, historical grievances when it comes to last territory. you know, when you look at the history, the last 2 centuries of eastern europe, everybody's borders have been changed a lot. ok. and they're not, they don't stand out there. but i mean this, this, this was a trip wire for europe. because as a member of nato in good standing on its machinations, could disapprove disastrous for everyone. and it seems, you know, when that, when the polls are given such a welcome in washington, it seems to be giving them an indication that they have a lot more leeway than we like to think. what are your thoughts on that? because that again, this would be all laughable, but were so very dangerous. thank to point out to everybody. i lived in poland for 10 years. okay.

a lot of that starts in the baltic and the arctic. seth: one issue that has emerged, reemerged from the situation in ukraine has also been a little bit of the saber rattling that the russians have done on the nuclear side, as well. how does that impact your thinking, whether in the european theater or in the indo-pacific, about nuclear deterrence, or how do we think about countries -- could be the russians or the chinese -- the way the russians have approached talks publicly about nuclear issues has evolved dynamics. what are your thoughts on how nuclear issues have evolved somewhat, how it is impacting -- has impacted deterrence. how do think about it? >> sure. -- admiral grady: sure. nuclear weapons are a reality that we will have to live with. deterrence, i think, is a function of at least four things. one is capacity and capability. the second is credibility. the third is communication. i think the fourth is a cognitive thing. i will get to that last. on the capability and capacity piece, you see the u.s. investing in the moderniz

this is all a very, very high level of training industry, the entire economy of the baltic countries.. this restoration is the merit of only the soviet union, of course, now it is inconvenient to recall this to the elites of these states. and if you see, just the calls to start a war to set the nato bloc on us are just going, uh, our former allied baltic republics, we do not need to be shy. we don't need to be modest. in short talk about what we are alone of the main mechanisms that set in motion both europe and eastern europe, americans have been working since the forties to level the role of the soviet union in the field of humanitarian projects in the soviet union and today's successors of these american administrators , they are doing everything in order to permeate the roles the soviet union, you post-war reconstruction of europe and its agents destroyed the independence and democratic character of a number of countries in eastern and central europe precisely this ruthless course of action and a clear design to extend it to the remaining free countries of europe led to today's cr

rasophobia is the basis of the baltic regimes. the american economy and currency are facing the most difficult crisis in for the past 200 years, such a forecast has been made by former us president donald trump during a speech at the forum of the national shooting association in indiana, the republican once again lashed out at the current biden administration. i have to state that the us is in disarray. our economy is collapsing, inflation is out of control, russia has teamed up with china. it's unthinkable. saudi arabia great nation united with china russia iran north korea they formed together threatening and destructive coalition. our currency is collapsing and will soon cease to be the world standard, which will be our biggest defeat in 200 years just a few years ago. it was unimaginable. what can happen, but it happens before your eyes. we are a crumbling nation, we are a nation in decline , expressed the opinion that the policies of the white house , led by the biden, will soon lead the united states to a third world war. pr

it could be, if not that in canada, then at least as in the baltic.at they have some kind of amazing standard of living, but they are hypertrophied , they are just total philistines and nothing can be done about it. this is, uh, some kind of ideological narrowness, of course, tells them what russia means, a loser. but this, of course, is a comedy, just listen to his comedy of the riga regime, it's called. he was earning. here in russia he staged performances here, and there he calmly staged himself both in russian and in the main russian classics. well, now they've abandoned the russian classics. now down will be the latch hero, i think so, and that's the thing with. well, god forbid , at the same time, it's also, well, blindness, or what? i don't know how to explain it. after all, they see here and they don’t see that they have not seen the war, but in ukraine they have been waging since 2014 . here are two people living side by side, there fermanis and and galkin boris you are the fourteenth year in the donbass, but he has not seen all this, and the

baltic young europeans. estonia lithuania and latvia, as well as most of poland , begging the americans for tactical nuclear weapons and a completely distraught allied state ukraine muzzles the most rabid dogs. the alliance is no longer a military tool. let's just say a political reminder that we are after all. a nuclear power is not worth teasing a nuclear power, but it is being teased. uh, more and more nato countries are concentrating near our borders - this, of course, is a violation of those agreements and those agreements of the vienna document in the first place, which were once accepted. well, today we are not talking about this anymore. in general, it has already been repeatedly violated. by the way, about the treaties that a long time ago and through no fault of ours ceased to be relevant, the west and sang along and will probably want to remind minsk that in the nineties the republic voluntarily renounced nuclear weapons, but here two clarifications must be made, in -firstly , we are not talking a

in 120 people , the frigate was launched into the water after russia gained access to the baltic andalled the ship a standard, because before that it was on the tsar's standard. the eagle held cards in its paws and beak three seas of the white caspian and azov and now a map of the fourth baltic sea has been added to them, the standard took part in the northern war, and after 300 years it was restored according to archival drawings. today. this is a training sailboat that goes on long sea voyages. on april 4, 1942, in an air battle near staraya russa , this novgorod region, the fighter of lieutenant alexei maresyev was shot down, the plane crashed in the forest on the territory occupied by the enemy. despite the severe pain in the bitter cold. he crawled his way to his ate king and cones and was completely exhausted when he was found by village boys in moscow. maria saved his life, but the feet of both legs had to be amputated. he did not despair even after grueling training. he returned to the sky , fought on the kursk bulge and in the baltic states made almost 90 sorties and beat 11

in the baltic, approximately close to the places of such explosions.hat of those courts there are a lot of people convincing, as if on her on board found traces of explosives identical to those that were raised from the bottom, but where is the guarantee that these particles were not thrown on board the antrameda after they were found next to the pipelines. even the washington post newspaper itself writes that it is a yacht. this is just a decoy to confuse the investigation, against this background, the german companies have resumed insurance in the northern streams. this is essentially. the first reaction to the terrorist attack on the part of the business of germany, and it runs counter to the position of official berlin, which for a long time insisted on breaking any ties. with however, the actions of the chancellors, rg olaferscheulz, are not shared by moscow by all german politicians, the prime minister of saxony, for example, left the whole winter to repair the northern streams. after germany was shocked by rising energy prices , german actions a

the scandinavian baltics are very confused.ave all seen the information and there are already vivid photos of a bunch of vessels that look like trailers for some reason are located at the location of strategic energy, first of all, objects. in this trailer, they become completely armed with balaclavas , dude, we understand now, we all understand , we can recognize that this is also a russian, it looks like a band , please, and i was immediately interested in the comment representatives of the intelligence services of norway and denmark, who stated that the russians have a plan for a whole network of terrorist attacks in the baltic sea and the south sea, which they constantly update every year or thereabouts. what is happening now. why did this whole story come out now ? why did the russians become more active? why did this story become public? they are preparing there, you can expect again some kind of sabotage , some kind of trouble again, people get the impression that they have dragged everything to the ukrainian-russian fro

on april 4 , 1703, the construction of the first russian baltic fleet began on that day at the olonets shipyard on the eastern shore of lake ladoga , the first ship of the fleets was laid down. the frigate standard was designed by a dutch master coasting geens, when it was the newest powerful warship more than 25 m in length, 28 large-caliber guns and a crew. in 120 people , the frigate was launched into the water after russia gained access to the baltic and called the ship a standard, because before that it was on the tsar's standard. the eagle held in its paws and beak maps of the three white seas of the caspian and azov and now a map of the fourth baltic sea has been added to them, the standard took part in the northern war, and after 300 years it was restored according to archival drawings. today. this is a training sailboat that goes on long sea voyages. on april 4, 1942 , the fighter of lieutenant alexei maresev was shot down in an air battle near staraya russa, novgorod region. the plane crashed in the forest on the territory occupied by the enemy. the pilot was thrown out of th

to the baltic coast. since october of last year we have been entirely independent of russian gas, which is also quite an accomplishment not only political but we are transitioning from coal to gaston nuclear. security from our perspective is important. this has been a lesson not only for us but for our partners in europe. it was hilarious to hear some political leaders complaining about their constituents that they would have to lower the temperature in swimming pools i one degree celsius in the harsh winter. fortunately the harsh winter didn't materialize, but it is very hard to predict what comes next. i think that also mentally, for example in germany's case, it was a very interesting development and intriguing phenomenon to see germany reducing its reliance on imported russian gas from roughly 55%, 60%, to virtually zero. so, it was possible in spite of all the fears that have accumulated for so many years in germany. >> europe deserves a lot of credit. in the united states we didn't really have to sa

including, for example, the status, a mall reading, the sovereignty of the 3 baltic states, et cetera, et cetera. so i think you need to read the ambassador shaw's comments in its totality rather than in isolation because he was talking about don't destroy or undermine the foundation upon which scenes national, although established in 1945, b a, b, or you will have undermine the international the established in europe based upon the unconditional surrender of nazi germany. i think to that extent, i must of this the international all the established in 1945, the europe and in asia pacific should be both respected. if you damage what damage the other. i think a lot of people hearing his comments might not have seen that the historical context that. busy maybe he intended them to have, as you explained later, unsurprising. the baltic states unclear of have reacted negatively to the statement with estonia, summoning beijing's ambassador, did you think that this will have an impact on the countries leadership with china? i don't think so. i think the countries you mentioned need to hire ei

there is an unprecedented increase in the military potential of the alliance in the baltic countries,and and the black sea region . sanctions and propaganda pressure also prevent the crisis from being resolved. i would like to point out to the west that the eastern european direction presents particular tension and more threats come to it. we see that along the entire border of the csto. e activates the military presence at the bases. nato, we understand that the ukrainian conflict is subject to external influence. the response to these threats today is carried out in the interaction of russia and belarus, and we see the reaction of the western countries to the decision announced by the president of russia regarding the deployment of nuclear weapons on the territory of belarus. in the south caucasus, risks remain associated with the situation in nagorno-karabakh and the army in azerbaijan. there are also challenges and threats on the border with afghanistan. this is due to the increase in terrorist groups and illegal production and distribution of drugs. all these issues are under the

these words of the klestka hit the sick pride, like the kiev regime, and the authorities of the balticountries, the head of the ukrainian embassy of france , melchenko, found reason to doubt the peacekeeping of beijing. they hysterically demanded denials and threw accusations. if anyone is still wondering why the baltic countries do not trust china as an intermediary in achieving peace in ukraine, then here is the chinese ambassador claiming that crimea is russia and the borders our countries do not have a legal basis for such a violent reaction, the chinese diplomat is quite understandable - one of his phrases called into question not only the borders of the baltic countries, but their sovereignty, the same vilnius, was transferred to lithuania during the years of soviet power during the period that the balts now call occupation, as they did not fail to emphasize in the estonian foreign ministry, however, from those territorial acquisitions. why don't you refuse and china offer to think about it, and who are you guys who recognized you? that's what you have an international right to b

it's just going through the roof europe is silent the organization that is taking place in the balticries is silent, this is the influence of the west , the deputies of russo persecution the persecution of children in schools , the destruction of cultural and memorial heritage is already the norm, everything that happens there is done absolutely with the consent of the western powers. just as then under peter i there was not a single building of local residents above the ground, so now there is not a single prominent politician, experts , journalists who would not work for the cia or the state department, what is happening today is a continuation. here we are in our documents we are talking about this operation, the so-called winter magic with a cynical name, which was carried out almost completely by the nazi punitive battalions, consisting of latvians , lithuanians and estonians in the forty-third year in our territories and belarusian territories in the same klaipeda, children already in elementary school begin to fight with russians. this policy applies to all russians regardless

alliance tried to conditionally intercept the plane, but the pilots of the naval aviation of the baltic fleet, who accompanied the belarusian il, skillfully resolutely pushed the uninvited guests to a respectful distance from the heart thank the crews for high professionalism and provided videos. similar episodes occur in the skies of this region not infrequently in the reports of naval aviation pilots of the baltic and black sea fleets. we said that they practically do not have training lifts for duty forces. vigilance is being monitored by the flights of nato aircraft and units of the unified air defense system of russia and belarus, the defenders of the sky of the allied state are constantly monitoring our air borders. the radio engineering troops there are troops constantly on alert. e, length with e, all aviation, which is and everything is subject to revolutionary control, therefore we monitor all flights every day, in fact, including along the state border of the republic, the radio engineering units of the air force and air defense forces of the republic of belarus are on duty i

in the baltic , it is built and beautiful.an see that the increase in the number of lng-powered ships indicates the sustainability of the fleet's trend towards a gradual transition to this type of fuel. the same infrastructure. here in the baltic not far from vyborg , the lng plant put into operation by gazprom last year, gas from the main the gas pipeline is cooled to -160 ° , it decreases by 600 times, it turns liquid liquefied gas through lng, the water is supplied from the plant to the pier . dmitri mendeleev here. he comes to refuel himself to us. he's already been here twice. and for refueling , at the moment , two ship calls of the need bunker ship are planned every month. of course, we will ensure that the plant can produce up to one and a half million tons of fuel per year , the latest production that gazprom could put into operation without the assistance of foreign specialists to the berth, where moscow is located, the shipping terminal from the plant goes to the reactor turbine pipeline, in fact, the longest in the

if the baltics are insecure, who cares? if poland is insecure, who cares? that is what drove the eastern europeans west to brussels and that is not something that could be altered in russia. -- uttered in russia. jill: a question from anita. she talks about the consequences for russia, the west and china moving forward. that is a broad question but let's take china. today in moscow we have the top foreign policy advisor to the chinese president in moscow about to meet or maybe has met putin. that raises this big question of china. i'm tempted to take ambassador sullivan. is that the consensus? i know you are talking a lot. will, do you want to handle that? amb. sullivan: i think professor pomerantz. mr. pomerantz: we have warned china not to be engaged and to give material assistance and military assistance to russia. i think blinken's message was pretty straightforward. there would be consequences for china if they actually became part of and engaged in this war. not only in terms of weapons but economics as well. china represents a potential blackhole in

the england enclave across the baltic sea, finland, which is a huge military base. or an unsinkable aircraft carrier. still posing it an existential threat to national -- only poland, but the whole region. finland's membership is also pretty important from their perspective. finland was attacked by the soviet union in 1940, the winter white. they remember how unpredictable russia is as a neighbor. in terms of our mental approach to russia's threat to hold europe. it is important to have finland in our camp. >> the winter war was the first book i pulled out in february of 2022. to learn -- relearn some of the lessons. on this point about the strength of europe and newfound unity and european purpose. how do we keep that momentum? the energy question is vitally important, and i have been impressed to see how europe has adjusted to higher energy prices and adjusted strategy to compensate. what do you see as the future of the next winter through your? how do you see this momentum building? >> of weather forecast. >> way -- we had a high winter last year. >> poland has b

yes, european smelt is found in the cool waters of the baltic. one of the varieties of this fish in march. a small silvery fish goes to the kaliningrad curonian lagoons to spawn, and from there it rolls into rivers. here. the main thing is not to miss the moment when the fish itself goes into the hands of a large one. yes, well, yes, it’s good, but how many smelts can be caught on the spring journey go fishing tanks and the warmer the water in the rivers, the richer the catch and the more reliable the stories of anglers seem to be 40 at a time. even pieces and more than 50 even. what kind of fish is not at the gastronomic fair and mackerel on the coals and barbecue from the baltic salmon, but most of all, tourists peck at the local delicacy over the embankment in the resort of svetlogorsk , the appetizing smell of fresh cucumber, and the queen holiday today smelt. here she is browning, a little fish. just in preparation, roll it in flour, put it in a pan, and that's it. after 5 minutes, you can try many. only for the sake of it come in the spring