Former Soviet countries warned of the danger of sabotage and cybertack when they cut off the electric links with Moscow to the EU network.
The three Baltic states have reduced links with Russia’s power grid as part of an energy conservation plan that will see them connecting them with the EU network.
Grid operators in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania announced Saturday morning that they had dismissed their power system from the Braille Network, including Russia and Belarus. The move came when three former Soviet states intensified Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine.
“We are now removing Russia’s ability to use the power system as a geographical political blackmail tool,” said Lithuanian Minister of Energy Zegimatas Vasios.
The three countries will work in “isolated mode” for about 24 hours before the European Union grid is compatible with Poland on Sunday.
“We need to do some tests to assure Europe that we are a stable energy system.” : 43am (05:43 GMT)
After Moscow’s affiliation with Crimea in 2014, a long -standing plan to join the European grid took over and invaded Russia’s Ukraine in 2022, and to achieve its role as a major supplier of oil, gas and electricity. His role was intensified. In Europe
Recently, suspicious incidents of subuters have increased in the Baltic Sea, which has affected significant infrastructure, including strength and gas.
The former Soviet states, who joined the European Union and NATO in 2004, were seen as a “energy island” inside the European block, but they are working hard to connect their system.
He was in a hurry to stop the purchase of Russian energy after the war began in Ukraine, but his power grid was still connected to Russia and Belarus on a Moscow -controlled network.
Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia will be permanently disconnected from Russia’s power grid tomorrow.
Russia can no longer use energy as a blackmail device.
It is a victory for independence and the European Union.
– Kaja Calls (@Kajacles) February 7, 2025
Former Prime Minister of Estonia – the former Prime Minister of the European Union’s Foreign Policy – has termed the move a “victory of independence and European Union” and government events have been planned in Baltics.
However, authorities have warned of potential threats, including sabotage, cybertics and disinformation campaigns.
“Various risks of short -term are possible, such as a dynamic operation against major infrastructure, cybertics and disinformation campaigns,” the Lithuania State Department Department State Security Department told AFP News Agency.
Poland’s power grid operator PSE said he would use helicopters and drones to patrol contact with Lithuania.
Latin President Edgers Rinkux told state TV station LTV1 that “potential provocation” could not be rejected.
Army trucks were spotted at the Resin Power substation near the Latvia Russia border, and armed officers were patrolling around.
Authorities wanted tensions, however, after the switch that everything was working.
“This system is stable, the process is happening easily, no one is seeing that something has changed,” Latin’s Minister of Energy Caspers Melnees told Reuters News Agency.
