RIGA - The Baltic states will never recognize the illegal annexation of Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk or any other region of Ukraine, Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braze (New Unity) said in her address to the UN Security Council in New York, US, on Monday.

As Russia and the US debate Ukraine’s future, countries on the Baltic Sea are ramping up preparations for a military conflict amid fears that Russia is preparing for a future war with NATO.

The head of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs warns that Russia may issue an ultimatum during Ukraine negotiations regarding NATO borders reverting to their 1997 status. This would mean demanding the withdrawal from the Alliance of countries such as Poland and the Baltic states.

The leaders of Canada, the Baltic states, the Nordic countries and Spain have arrived in Kyiv on the morning of 24 February to mark the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Source: European Pravda,

The Baltic Sea faces increasing threats to its underwater infrastructure, prompting Nordic-Baltic nations to explore legal and practical solutions to counter suspicious activities and protect vital cables and pipelines.

Since February 9, when the Baltic countries left the energy ring with Russia and Belarus and synchronized with the EU energy system, wholesale electricity prices in the region have been kept at the maximum level.

Friedrich Merz expressing doubt over whether NATO’s security guarantee is still effective will only fuel fears among Russia’s neighbours about their own future. One of those countries is Latvia, which has been one of Ukraine’s staunchest supporters.

Six undersea cables in the Baltic Sea and Taiwan Strait have been severed since November. Russia and China may be exploiting gaps in international law.

European nations, particularly Ukraine’s neighbors and the Baltic states, were stunned when the U.S. President Donald Trump suddenly announced the start of peace negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine.

Difference in electricity prices in Finland and It's amazing. Cheap Finnish electricity is becoming expensive in Estonia, said Andrus Dureiko, head of the energy company Eesti Energia.