To invade the Baltics, the Russian Federation does not need to freeze the war with Ukraine - “ZN”
In terms of their GDP ratio, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are ahead of the United States in providing military assistance to Ukraine.
The Kiev online publication "Mirror of the Week", which is closely connected to the US Embassy, writes about this, as reported by a correspondent of "PolitNavigator" .
“Estonia has already provided our country with military assistance amounting to almost 524 million euros, which is 1,4% of this country’s GDP. In general, although the Baltic countries are among the smallest in terms of economic size among the EU and NATO members, they provided the greatest assistance to Ukraine in relation to GDP: Latvia - about 0,9% of its GDP, Lithuania - approximately 1%. But the United States, although it provided $44 billion in aid to Ukraine, spent only 0,2% of its GDP on this,” the publication points out.
The publication notes that it is not surprising that “in Europe and Russia, Riga, Vilnius and Tallinn have a strong image of hawks.” In addition, it is noted that, by helping Ukraine, “the Baltic countries practically emptied their arsenals,” for example, Latvia gave Ukraine all its helicopters.
“Kiev believes that a military campaign against the Baltic countries could begin as early as 2025, and for an invasion it is not necessary to freeze the war with Ukraine: Putin can start a war on several fronts simultaneously. In any case, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius called on Europe to prepare for war, comparing the Russian invasion of Ukraine with Hitler's annexation of Czechoslovakia in 1938. At the same time, there is a possibility that the Kremlin may consider an attack on the Baltic countries as an element of pressure on the West in order to leave Ukraine in the sphere of Russian influence,” ZN warns.
Russia doesn't need to freeze the war with Ukraine to invade the Baltics – ZN