Could Russia invade Lithuania to cut off Baltic states from NATO? | Focus on Europe
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- The Baltic states fear the threat of war: If Russia were to take control of the Suwalki Gap, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia would be cut off from NATO. The border with Russia, on the other hand, is 1,400 kilometers long.
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#Russia #Lithuania #SuwalkiGap
Russia couldn’t invade a Applebees on a Tuesday afternoon at this point.
Haha Good one! I wanted to supply comment section with some com. kind of "they have no resources" but your one got the point
Brooo 😂😂
Oof! That's a sick burn, dude! 😀
If only they could find it…. 😝
Defend the Burgertown!!
Poland won't allow it. Lithuania, Poland has your back!!!
Thanks Peter J !
Love to Poland from Lithuania ❤️
Canada is your ally too!
Ohahhahahaah
@@user-iw5pp5ic7y ????????
Alternative title: Will Russia try suicide by NATO
@Arun Sathyan Tell that every non Russian Eastern European. But NATO has so much more force than Russia that casualties in a conventional war would be pretty one sided
@Arun Sathyan okay, then tell pooty to attack Lithuania. The Americans alone would destroy that russian front. Give it a try bubba....
@@heyho4770 Russia would use nukes, so its not going to be one sided.
@terel morul Well but so did the Soviet Union and Russia is just like it but shittier and smaller. Maybe fighting an insurgency is a difficult task
@@Fighter4Street Thats why I said conventional war. Ofc Russia could just lob some ICBMs into North America and Europe. But at what cost? A conventional war would probably mean the end of Russia as we know it. A nuclear one would be the end of the Russians as a whole. Which is why nuclear powers don't fight each other anymore
Isn't the Lithuanian nation part of NATO? Wouldn't that mean if Lithuania was invaded that could trigger bigger conflict by getting other nations involved?
Of course. My country would be at war with Russia if that happened as well.
Lithuania is in NATO, but look at Germany how do they act during UKRAINIAN crisis. If Lithuania was attacked by Russia, Germany will not come and help. People from Germany have no values. Russia is killing children in Ukraine and Germany is doing what ?? A small country called Estonia is doing more than Germany. Pathetic.
@@babblo1389 It is you who doesn't comprehend the situation. Suppose Russians manage to take over the territory, immediately move in nuclear missiles and declare that anybody who approaches will trigger nuclear response? How strong is the NATO alliance really in such eventuality?
Brace yourself! Prices are gonna soar even more Britain feels it too 😕
@@u.v.s.5583 You realize that if NATO does nothing it means Russia could invade anywhere they want while threatening the world with their nukes. That is why NATO is guaranteed to respond in a very strong manner to any attack on NATO territories, no matter how insignificant. That's also why Russia has never touch a single inch of NATO.
As a Latvian I will help Lithuania 🇱🇹.
Same here to our latvian brothers and sisters ❤️❤️❤️
As a Lithuanian, always going to help Latvia! glory to our East European sisters and brothers! We've been there, survived and this time we gonna get through this together!
As italian i hope we will help any neighbour european country that need an help against tyranny.
The help of a little someone my be indifferent, but everyone together we can prevail.
American bootlickers 🤣🤣
Russia will capture it's lost land soon.. Ha ha ha 😂🤣
Ukraine has proven Russia's conventional army is no threat to NATO, more like a sad joke.
Is that the reason NATO doesn't dare to interfere?
Exactly. But DW is sowing panic in Lithuania for clickbait
@@johnnysgamingclub2126 Doesn't dare? Are you kidding?
And be honest now, you would cry like a b*tch if NATO actually involved themselves in this conflict.
A troll like you will just complain either way.
@@babblo1389 Sure, you little Russian troll. It's no shock that you account was made on 21st of February.
Nikolas Yeah that's why Ukraine is in ruins because Russia posed no threat
Lithuania 🇱🇹 a small country with huge nuts against China and Russia. ❤🇩🇪
What sort of nuts
Lithuania doesn't have nuts or balls to do anything against Russia or China EU. is using Lithuania for testing because they are small against China just to see what would happen. You are Not informed.
Ahh, China is staying as far out of this as it can, heck it can barely project power beyond it's borders.
@@pogo1140 China is NOT scared of anybody they have their own plans.
@@cobussmith4303 Cashew nuts
I love Lithuania ! I visited from the U.K back in 2020. Beautiful country & beautiful people !
I lived in Lithuania and my brother was born in Lithuania, my grandfather is buried there. But we were deprived of citizenship and my family had to leave, we lost our home. All because we were not Lithuanians
@@Floart Exactly. When was your grandfather moved to Lithuania?
@@marklemont3735 1966 then my mom was 12
@@Floart So they moved there under illegal Soviet occupation with Russia’s blessing. Many Russian families were urged to resettle in illegally occupied countries under Soviet times.
Any country supporting the independence movement of Taiwan is our Chinese enemy. So comrades! teach Lithuania a good lesson.
If Russians try to take Suwalki gap, Kaliningrad will be leveled in 2 days by NATO. If you think Baltic states are cut off from the rest off the NATO, think how isolated Kaliningrad is and how long it could withstand soldiers coming in from Poland and Lithuania
Make Kaliningrad Königsberg again.
Lithuania🇱🇹🇱🇹 is ALREADY in NATO. No need for this panic.
Only two Russian missiles will be enough to wipe off Poland, Bulgaria, The UK, France, Germany, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway.
Kaliningrad is really inconsequential. A war between nato and russia will have multiple fronts. Nato will dominate the sea and air, so they'll be able to stretch russian land forces across a larger front. They think their logistic issues are bad in Ukraine, just wait till they will have front lines that are thousands of kilometers larger. Nato has already proven they can sustain large overseas campaigns for decades.
Russian troops should attack German first, Germany is the son of Russia ! Kneeling down to Russia and licking CCP for the poor Germans with the only money felt! Hypocrite German cares about monay only!
Let's say Russia made a surprise attack and managed to take the area, how would they _hold_ it? The muzzle would come off and NATO's air force would _eat_ anything that moved.
With Nukes.
Either way it doesn't matter.
Anyone that first interferes with the military operation is getting nuked. And you just go from there
Russia's constant threath is it's nuclear arsenal.
They are well aware that they couldn't go toe to toe and win in a straight up conventional conflict with NATO and other western countries. But nobody is really sure whether or not they just might use limited tactical nuclear weapons or more.
Putin keeps hinting without saying it outright.
We have Gripens very close by :)
Greetings from Sweden
@@SpeedRebirth ÅEEA flygplan, ÅEEO flygplan
Lithuania🇱🇹🇱🇹 is ALREADY in NATO. No need for this panic.
Video solved.
The only fear is their stupidity to do it... and start launching nukes when NATO mops the floor with them.
I don't understand why this is even a discussion. We have to defend them under the Nato agreement. Nato would fall apart if we didn't uphold the basic agreement that formed Nato in the first place. This is a panic piece and I'm let down that DW would tarnish what credibility it has and release this.
Please. You mean reporting on the true fear that the Baltic states have of being attacked because after seeing Putin fail in Ukraine causing more irrationality on the part of Russia? Up till now, we thought it was just strong man rhetoric. But now we know Putin is trying to relive a past he thinks was better, and is willing to risk WW3 just to make his dreams come true, no matter the cost.
@@christopherwarsh
What would he invade with?
He had to move missile trucks up north to try to scare Finland out of joining NATO because his conventional military is tapped...
Best he has is nukes, which is game over for everyone... and that's been a risk for a while now.
Your freedom is ours, an attack on one is an attack on all. Greetings from Netherlands. Long live NATO
My deepest respect to Lithuania.
Am truly proud of this country . God bless Lithuanian...
Love to Lithuania. From India.
Love to you guys back ❤️❤️
Stand Strong Lithuania!!!
yeah keep dreaming, im lithuanian and i dont live there for nearly a decade now.
@@TheKarlyzz Nu ir? Koks tikslas tavo komentaro?
That young man speaks with some sense, everyone should listen to him.
Russia has proven itself a very angry paper tiger.
Lose the trash talk
@@samsonsoturian6013 Yeah, we wouldn't want to anger the Kremlin Gremlin with our mean words.
Why wont Nato impose a no fly zone if Russia is just a paper tiger, why is Ukraine struggling to defeat them
@AJ Dogpile.
@@mrjerzheel nuclear war dumbo.. and It’s
Russia whose struggling to take Ukraine not the opposite.
Opening a second front would be the dumbest thing Russia could do. So be ready for them to do that.
The dumbest right after attacking Ukraine.
Exactly my thoughts. Unless they go for Georgia first.
It is not dumb from their point of view, it is their understanding of politics and priorities
It is so thoughtful that they have set it up like a commercial store; people can feel normal, choosing what they are going to wear or eat, deciding what toiletries they want.
Little details matter a lot
It help give them a sense of agency. The feeling of being in control of at least a little part of your life again. It matters so much.
aren't all charity shops like this, at least for clothes?
@@UtamagUta are you talking about second hand stores? Because charity is free. Charity is disaster areas are often just given as is and whatever can be sourced, meaning no sense of shopping.
@@inso80 could be those, but there are charity pop ups or exchange pop ups. We have recycle centres where people bring used clothes, furniture and people choose what they want to take back.
Invading the suwalki gap would be suicide for Russia
Kaliningrad would become a huge Parking lot
Soicide #2 you mean, ukraine being the first
@@Sebastian-sd1om it would look an awful lot like Belgrad in 99
@@Sebastian-sd1om Wrong! All NATO countries will become a one golf field.
@@ishkel Nah. Russia can’t handle Ukraine. It’s been two months. What makes you think they can take anything NATO dishes out? Get real.
Don't worry, we will join NATO soon together with Swedes after which the Baltic sea will become a NATO lake and rusky vessels tourists.
With the newest RBS 15 missiles being delivered now/soon, the Russian navy can even be reached in the port of Kaliningrad.
And the Finns can already dump theirs straight into the navy vessels in St Petersburg.
The Baltic will NATO's lake for real.
Based Finns
Let's make Baltic region great again 😁👍
Love from Lithuania to our friends in the North ❤️
@Arun Sathyan It could even go further. Finland and Estonia have reduced their territorial waters in the Gulf of Finland. They could agree to change that, and in one instance, St Petersburg can't reach international waters.
Looking forward to it :)
Of they do invade lithuania it would mean a full nato responds and there for a ww3 scenario
@Russian Waifu you're wrong bortsch boi.
@Rocco Red still wouldn’t, a few countries probably wouldn’t even send troops to the front
@Russian Waifu Not with nuclear but with troops, planes and tanks. The only one this far stating that they will use nuclear is Russia. If they attack EU I assume it will drag EU into the war also, slow at first but in the end they would have to fight most of Europe to get Lithuania.
@Russian Waifu
Nobody is talking about nuclear weapons.
NATO would never use nuclear weapons first.
Neither strategical nor tactical ones.
A Russian attack with conventional weapons will be met with a defense utilizing conventional weapons.
@@giovanniostasz4215
Definitely would.
Without hesitating a single second.
That is why russia has to be stopped in Ukraine, so that eastern Europe is safer. Baltic States, Poland and Slovakia understand this well.
Baltic states are in Northern Europe
So clueless
@@spicynoodles28 ok, Eastern and Northern Europe would be safer when russia is stopped.
@@jacekwrobel5099 thx
@@islamzabirov4874 its imperial ambitions destroyed. Hopefully the whole rotten Muscovite state gets dismantled so Russian people can actually live in a good state for once. Moscow and the Moscovites donot have the right to rule the Russian people.
we in Poland will help Lithuania - we will defend the Suwalki gap
Thank you, brother 💕
As both nations are in NATO and the EU, you have no choice in the matter. But a nice sentiment either way.
Oh, yes, yes, but Russia could also lose Kaliningrad and its unstable ally Belarus instead.
split it between Poland and Luthania
@@user-ox9kw2kk9d No. it would be returned to Germany
@@atisalvaro Kaliningrad was offered to Lithuania and Germany in 90s, both declined.
Back to calling it Königsberg.
If it can be done in a moral way, Koenigsberg should come back home.
Russia wouldn't get themselves into another war while they're struggling in Ukraine. That would be crazy, right?... Right, guys?... Guys?
I think so too. But some seem to enjoy the thrills of panic.
I would gladly hold Putin's beer, and Lavrov's too... then the war would be over within a month...
It seems like the U.S is playing God and trying to bring on Armageddon
They keep antagonizing Russia by sending in more armaments when Russia told them not to or he'd attack more
@@happyface9000 God has only the best intentions, my dear, don't let it worry you. Isn't it wonderful that the rape and plunder is at least more contained, soon it will be over.
Last time NATO fought a war in Afghanistan .
Caveman Taliban kicked out NATO.
NATO ran away half naked. Lol
Short answer: no. Long answer: They couldn't fight their way out of a paper bag if their life depended on it.
You could put that question in an other way: “how vulnerable is Kaliningrad? being completely surrounded by NATO-members…”
If Russia has so much difficulties fighting Ukraine, I very much doubt they will be able to keep control of the suwalki-gap. They will get kicked back, and probably lose Kaliningrad, or at the very minimum will have to accept to demilitarize Kaliningrad after they are pushed back.
russians will die until last men until they accept one meter loss of their Frankenstein country :D
But nato doesn’t attack!
@@DE-xt7jv they would if Russia invades the Baltics
@@islamzabirov4874 Russia can't be "secure" without control of or dictating the security policies of those nations that are part of the Bessarabian and Polish Gaps as well as the Baltic Coasts and we know that's ultimately what Putin et. al. is after and why the announcement of full scale mobilization to go to full on war is coming. Which means war with NATO is coming if not stopped in Ukraine. And when that happens Russia's conventional military is going to get obliterated.
Russian now are fighting with EU and America not only Ukraine
Just how much can you fearmonger? The Suwalki gap is as much NATO territory as Berlin, or Washington is.
And a move on that is a move against the ENTIRE alliance. It's just as silly as wondering if Russia could invade Alaska.
fearmongering is a valid means of controlling the populations. And who ends up benefitting? The top 1% and ruling elite who are never in fear nor danger of these conflicts
Considering the successes of Russian escapade into Ukraine, any attempt to block Suwalki would end in Polish army steamrolling any unfortunate gopnik in the way to Lithuania...
let they be steamrolled regardless
Seriously! Going purely off of Russia's performance in Ukraine a combined Polish-Baltic force would make it all the way to the Urals before Russia even knew they were there lol
@@kevinmccabe7263 going off russisn performance in Ukraine the Danish Expeditionary force would seize the whole of it in day.
Ice heard of Kaliningrad, but I didn't know the geography. I had no idea that there was a disconnected part of Russia on the Baltic Sea. I had to pause the video and go read about it on Wikipedia.
Things like this are why I, as an American, like European news like DW News, BBC, and France 24.
US & UK didn't gain any territory after WW2. France gained about 700km² from WW2, which is so small it basically amounts to cleaning up border lines. Alsace-Lorraine doesn't count as a WW2 territorial gain; it's a WW1 gain that France & Germany fought over a few times.
But, of course, the Russians, like always, gained huge tracts of land from virtually all of its European neighbors (even ones who weren't fighting against the USSR). It's always been a greedy country.
Kaliningrad has an interesting history, as a Pole I was amazed to learn it was home to the German philosopher Immanuel Kant.
There is also a state in South America that is still officially under French jurisdiction - French Guiana. So any EU citizen can travel to that specific part of SA without needing a visa.
Also, there are to small Spanish exclaves in Morocco - Ceuta and Melilla. So Spain being salty about the UK's hold over Gibraltar is quite hypocritical, although it is much more valuable from a naval standpoint as it's a chokepoint between the Mediterranean and the open Atlantic.
@@gabrieljean-batiste2006 for all intents and purposes, the US got the entire Western Europe as a colony. There're American military bases all over Europe. And no Western European country has been able to conduct its foreign affairs independently of the US since 1945.
@@ThisHandleWasTheOnly1Available In fairness, we'd been making a pigs ear of our foreign affairs for what, 1500+ years?
No, Putin would never attack any NATO member state. But he could easily decide to occupy even more of Moldova and/or Georgia, which he already partially occupies, since those are not NATO member states so he knows that he could get away with it. He also has troops in both Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh (complicated situation, but basically he could use "peacekeeping" as a pretext to occupy the entire Caucasus, with no risk of NATO intervening there).
He can attack Finland and Sweden before their application for NATO is approved
@@happyface9000 The Russians can always join their comrades 6 feet underground in Finland lol
@@happyface9000 yes but... Russia probably wouldnt be fast enough on recovering to invade finland. If im wrong with this tho and they invade, sweden better hurry it up or they could be on Putin's list-
@@happyface9000 Sorry, but if Russia attacks Sweden or Finland, my money is that NATO is all in !!!!
Hi Kenny, the only being Putin is afraid of is GOD and I honestly believe GOD is with him , because he is against west's immorality & sinfulness.
"Baltic Republics" (Bruh) narrator still lives 30+ years in The past. They're Baltic Countries and each of them have their own unique culture, language and history. Not some provinces or States like in The US. Also stop with The fearmongering dear DW. If The russians are getting mowed down in Ukraine with mostly "outdated" military equipment given then certainly an alliance of more than 30 countries and most of The world's military budget most advanced weaponry would be a death sentence for any occupier who dared to enter Lithuanian territory in The matter of hours time.
OTOH, NATO's standing militaries are small and unexperienced with high intensity war. They have already sent a lot of their stocks of precision light weapons, and lots of its support and C3I gear South. Its going to be a while before they can spin up to face a suddenly rabid Russia.
Estonia officially calls itself the Republic of Estonia. Latvia officially calls itself the Republic of Latvia. Lithuania officially calls itself the Republic of Lithuania. Referring to them collectively as the Baltic Republics is perfectly correct.
An actual Republic is not a province or state. It is a style of national governance using representative democracy and many countries that participate in that style of governing use it in their official names while others do not.
@@adarian Then explain why you never hear The terms of "Republic of France" or "Republic of Ireland" in geopolitics. It Is far too obvious that they are democracies so why even mention that? It's definitely a reference to The period when Estonia, Latvia and Estonia were occupied by The ussr which Is sadly What many older people associate them with despite them having their own distinctive identities and history that Is completely different from russia for The most part.
@@Sebastian-sd1om Putting the official name of Republic of X or even as a conglomerate name of Baltic republics is actually better for them! It stresses the fact they ARE their own nations with their own form of government and no longer someone else's annexed sub section to be ruled over which in geopolitical time happened recently being just over one generation ago. Right now the Baltic Republics still have another nation that thinks they should just be annexed again so they should welcome any reporting that stresses the fact they are their own nations with their own chosen form of government.
The reason you do not see those others referred to as the Republic of Ireland or the French Republic often is mostly down to familiarity vernacular (Though a google search found plenty of times they are still referred to as such). The longer something is around in the same state the more likely you are to shorten the name to a more familiar and less formal version. This goes for nations or companies/brands and even for people you become familiar with over time. For nations familiarity takes longer but those that have retained the same basic form of governance for many many generations it will become more and more normal to cut that name to a more familial size. A scant few refer to the United States of America as such anymore but mostly as U.S. or America. That is because of how long it has been around in that particular governmental state but early on in its youth it was referred to with its full name much more often especially by itself to stress that fact they were independent of the nation of which they became independent from.
@@Sebastian-sd1om Republic Of Ireland is used very often in Northern Ireland and the UK. Just because you don't use it doesn't mean it's not used.
This is a massive reason why Russia should have never been allowed to keep and colonize Lithuania Minor (Prussia/Kalingrad). The good thing is that Lithuania is very hard to invade and has a lot more allies now, so we should be fine especially since Lithuanian troops could easily blitz into Kalingrad before Russia could do anything
Unfortunately, Lithuania is partially occupied already, as you've carelessly admitted yourself.
It won’t be easy. Thinking that it’s easy will lead the west into making the same mistakes that Vladimir Putin did in Ukraine by underestimating the capabilities of the Ukrainian military whilst overestimating his own.
Trust NATO is waiting to crush russian aggression like a nut...its in the post!
Even during World War II many Lithuanians, Latvians and Estonians fought on the side of Germany, seeing Russia as the common enemy, even then.
Germans never killed lithuanians as russians did
They sure did. Growing up in Latvia I watched Russophobia promoted everyday.
@@jelenatj1825 russophobia? Ryssians are occupants in Latvia. They killed tortured and deported thousands of people from their homeland
@@jelenatj1825
Russian are occupiers. What did you expect? For people to love them?
@@jelenatj1825 and there is historical precedent for that.
Could see Russia trying to invade with their conscript Orcs, Lithuania slapping them sideways and telling NATO 'chill we got this' lol
Yeah no, first off. NATO would arrive immediatly. Secondly, the conscripts are still human and should be seen as such. War is a tragedy for everyone involved.
@@tuff9486 Well if those conscripts weren't raping, murdering and looting maybe they could be considered human.
@@ionnanskilliorus6877 We dont really know what they are doing, and we have seen many istances of them being executed by leadership for A no wanting to hurt civilians, B not wanting to fight Ukrainians overall. And C cowardice
@potato player You should ease off that backyard Vodka Ivan, your brain cells are vanishing fast.
@@tuff9486 No we know, that old 'we were only following orders' excuse hasn't had any weight in a very long time. You can stick your head in the sand if you want. I'll still keep calling them orcs and cheering when they drop like flies.
All Baltic countries need Bayraktar TB2 and Akinci drones asap .. they need to sharpen their skills on how to use them effectively against Russian forces
I would imagine that they already have those and other NATO drones.
Poland signed a deal in May 2021 to purchase 24 Bayraktar TB2 UAVs, marking the first time a NATO or EU member state acquired drones from Turkey. Latvia is close to acquiring them too, the second one. The Akinci drones are new, and are very different creatures. No Akinci deliveries yet I think.
@@cloudpoint0 Akinci destroyed many targets last week during claw-lock operation so it is definitely testing it is capabilities
@@ISTFL34 But no sales yet. Soon maybe.
They already have reaper drones at their disposal right along with the 30 nations of NATO
Isn't Lithuania in NATO?
Yup.
Yes. An attack on any NATO country would trigger the NATO alliance into action.
@badeed xildiid ethnic Russians. They're Lithuanian citizens.
@@samsonsoturian6013 There are very few Russians in Lithuania compared to Latvia and Estonia. We`ll see how much controlled are Russians there on May 9-th. Hope journalists find good reason to visit Riga and Tallinn to be ready to watch what happens.
@badeed xildiid not so many compared to Latvia and Estonia. Russians are not even the biggest ethnic minority in Lithuania and make up only 4.8% of the total population of Lithuania.
Russia: Fear me!
neighboring states: Rearming and joining NATO
Russia: ಠ‸ಠ No, not like that!
although horrifically unfortunate, ukraine seems to offer baltic states a vast amount of 20/20 hindsight on depraved russian aggression.
from evacuations, needed weapons/supplies, warfare and cutting russian supply lines. I'm sure the powers that be are taking measures toward these ends. the more entanglements each nato country can cause on russia, the more powerful the group.
Lithuania didn't need this hindsight. We had been warning the rest of Europe about this possibility for many years. But what Ukraine _does_ provide, is _proof_ that our warnings had been correct!
@@gintasvilkelis2544 You mean Baltic states in general.
@@SimplyVanis Yes :-)
What risk is there of nuclear war?
If Senile Putin wants nuclear war, Let it be. Anything is better than living under Putin's Sadistic and Cruel Rule.
Russians apathy is legendary. Probably going to take time before they figure out they need to do something themselves to get rid of the dictator looting their country and sending its young men to die based on lies not caring of the misery caused.
Like the Chinese they have had been separated from the rest of the world & beaten down by totalian rule since their civilisations were born..
100's of Generations of being kicked has trained them to accept or pay a higher price.
The West does exactly the same thing. Open your other eye.
Wasn't this clip shown last month?
Hand back Kaliningrad to Germany.
Germany doesnt want it, they had the opportunity in 1989 after Berlin wall came down but they refused.
This is a very different time and Königsberg is a very important city and place for German and Prussian history. It should be handed back now.
As a counter offensive, Georgia could retake their occupied territory, Moldova could retake theirs, Germany could take Kaliningrad.. How about Japan retaking their islands from Russia all at one time. We can dream anyway. Putin won't attack this gap, unless he can get a puppet back leading the USA to weaken Nato. Currently, Nato is hungry to join the war effort and is positioned far superior in regards to russia.
Japan is stepping up efforts to retake the Kuril Islands. Why not open multiple fronts to weaken that psycho
The 🌍 would just say checkmate
@@Alex626_ if Russia did that there hole country wouldn't survive this
"unless he can get a puppet back leading the USA to weaken Nato" you still believe in this nonsense?
- “As a counter offensive, Georgia could retake their occupied territory, Moldova could retake theirs”
That would be a nice development, if things would stay that way without extensive fighting in the future.
- “Germany could take Kaliningrad.. How about Japan retaking their islands from Russia”
I’m not really familiar of the legal situation of those areas, but that sounds like somewhat different thing than taking back occupied areas Georgia and Moldova.
- “Putin won't attack this gap, unless he can get a puppet back leading the USA to weaken Nato”
That would be my guess too.
- "Currently, Nato is hungry to join the war effort"
NATO is a defense organization formed by 30 countries. Which of those countries do you think are "hungry" to start actual war with Russia? I can't think of any. It's important to remember that NATO makes decisions by consensus principle. If even one member opposes an operation, NATO won't do it. Of course NATO member countries can do what they want individually, outside NATO, but it won't be a NATO operation then.
NATO must immediately deploy Air defence systems, anti tank weapons, heavy mobile artillery systems to secure this area.
Don't be slow. Move first.
Because Lithuania IS NATO...
It would be monumentally poor decision to move into NATO.
Lithuania's foreign policies are "Hope for the best expect the worst". This includes LNG terminal and militarily preparations.
I live within one kilometer of the Suvalki gap, and it is a concern. Before we saw the butchering of civilians in Ukraine we thought that we'd be of little interest and relatively safe. Now there are no such illusions.
Some of these DW reports are scaring people in Poland and Lithuania unnecessarily. Yes, the Suwałki gap is a strategically weak point in NATO, and Russia knows it and we know it (I am Polish). However, I doubt Russia would invade a NATO country especially with conventional weapons. If they do, this would be over in 1 day. It would take NATO 10-30 minutes to respond, not 10-30 days. It's not like NATO would have to think what to do in this situation. It is already decided and implemented. DW, you're manipulating people with the background music, and the tone of the report. If NATO acted at the speed of the current German coalition government, then yes, we should be worried about the Suwałki gap. Thankfully, it's not Germany that would be the first to respond.
Our media in Lithuania talked about that subject many times already.
@terel morul The ones that were hiding in Pakistan?
get it straight ! From Nato's own plans they expect to have 100,000 troops ready in one week and a further 200,000 within one month. On permant rotation along the whole Nato front line are "expected" to be 8 battalions only. (A battalion is around 1000 troops)
Considering the spending of Nato pa these dispositions are not inspiring. I find it hard to imagine any worthwhile contingents from Nato's southern flank joining in and even arriving on time. Even the US wouls be hard pressed to fly over quickly enough reinforcements.
A geographic and historical explanation would have aided understanding of the situation, what is the gap, why?
Interesting vid, but what is the answer to the question?
Russia would not stand a chance, it would attack whole NATO(not mentioning that Poland+Baltic states = ~46 million people).
Also Lithuania mainly uses ifv's,(and has a lot of them) not talking about swampy areas, trees...even if Lithuania got captured - the scale or resistance would be bigger than in ww2(and after it) with modern weapons etc...
No one has a chance with nukes will be used. The problem is theirs will reach us, and whether we will have time to launch ours is a Question. Let's all make effort so this war is stopped then cheerleading while playing x-box and eating pizza.
@Arun Sathyan Ignorance has indeed no bounds.
@@haroonlegends567 I was writing about a war without nukes, otherwise you are right
@Arun Sathyan Look at Ukraine's-Russia's war and come back again XD
@Arun Sathyan Because of your bad grammar I didn't understand last sentence.
Anyways read my comment(or get brains) before commenting ,,Blah blah blah".
Yes, we can't start war with Russia,(1v1) but we can defend ourselves long enough while the help comes.
Just, please read the comment above....
Considering that Lithuania is in NATO, this piece is pure fear-mongering at this point in time.
DW, We expect better from you.
Given the recent aggression from Russia and past aggression, the diplomatic core of nato will be a fool not to atleast have this line as a potential point of aggression
@Arun Sathyan nato even states if you attack one nato member it attacks against all
@@studiosx8561 article 5, baby. LET THEM COME
@Arun Sathyan
Frist of all. Eu is different from Nato. So that is flawed.
Second other country dealt with corna on their own
@Arun Sathyan Like o said EU And Nato are different.
You got understand, that everyone else were out of jobs people straving. They can't help Italy if they can't help themselves
Wasn't this released a week or two ago?
great, want to see that soon
Russia can try but they are clearly a paper tiger in the tactical world.
Their inability to fight cohesively is embarrassing for a country that has rattled its saber for decades.
NATOs military is so mighty... it took 20 years to fight taliban only for taliban to become stronger again... yahooo!😂🤣
@@MrOner07 Yeah, they couldn't win in Afghanistan like Russia did! ...Oh, wait.
Paper tiger? Russia got you by the balls.
@@victorye7150 You like having balls in your hands?
@@victorye7150 heh, we're not scared of Russia, especially how bad it went for them in Ukraine
In my country, we practice Total Defence, where everyone has a part to play in military, civil, economic, social, digital and psychological defence.. always stay vigilant and ready.. we dun hope for other nation to help.. we plan, prepare and get ready to do our very best to defend and fight.
Where are you from?
In the US, our military is made up of poor and some middle class. I wish very one had to do at least two years of military service - yes, especially the rich. No free ride for the wealthy.
@@ufosrus Singapore
@@alexperez85 Singapore has an excellent military for a nation of its size. It would make any invader think twice.
These are old videos/clips by DW with a new title and thumbnail..
Russia still hasn't taken Mariupol. How are they supposed to take Lithuania?
Heavy weapons and major army. N*clear arsenal may be the key here. Unfortunately. I hope it won't happen though.
*tell ZELENSKY to visit Mariupol, if he still control it.*
@@buravan1512 Russia still have troops surrounding the Azovstal steel plant. That in itself tells you they are not in full control.
Lithuania🇱🇹🇱🇹 is ALREADY in NATO. No need for this panic.
@@arturobuco But they don't care. And they have some (secret?) weapons no one else have.. So, we're in a dangerous situation my friend. You never know what's next, nowadays
Suwalki Gap is easy to take but hard to defend!
Lietuviai, latviai ir estai 🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪❤️ laikomes kartu❤️
Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia stay together🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪❤️
Together in federation?
@Pixel Station prepare to belong to china
Clearly, after that breach of trust that is the attack Ukraine, one of Russia's reparations must be to give up territory around Kaliningrad.
Even when you let them keep the city, the harbour and military outpost, which in itself is a concession, but a doable one, there is no need for that semi-exclave to reach half-way into Lithuanian territory, potentially cutting off allies.
Konigsburg needs to become Prussia again. Or there needs to be a northern route from Konigsburg to germany threw poland and give the germans back their territory. But personally I say rebuild the Prussian nation again!!
Exactly. Kaliningrad should be blockaded and isolated. Bring Finland into NATO have them close off the exit to the Baltic to Russian shipping.
Lithuania🇱🇹🇱🇹 is ALREADY in NATO. No need for this panic.
@@babblo1389 yeap attack on u is attack on us and nato and USA
Let's not forget how Russia gained Kaliningrad in the first place. It was not just a simple reparation from Germany, but also claimed "Russian" because the majority of the population was of Russian descent. That was only the case because half the original population had either fled, was deported, or was killed by the Russians during and shortly after WWII, being replaced by Russians moving there.
Good idea! Thanks
Let him try. It would give NATO the excuse it needs to crush Putin and liberate Ukraine at the same time.
Putin got China backed.
Sure, Russian might be able to seize control of Suwalki Gap ... for few hours. Then they would be pounded into pulp by being attacked from three directions. NATO naval & Air forces would pound the Russian controller land area from the North, Latvian and Lithuanian NATO land & Air forces from East and Polish, German and 100 other NATO countries land & Air forces from the West.
And Russia would lose Suwalki Gap along with Kaliningrad in hours.
The whole land area is covered by NATO artillery from three directions. Russia would lose before they even started. Trying to mass that much land forces into Kalningrad NATO would surely blockade it from the sea.
NATO naval. For every ship Russia has 1000 torpedoes. 😄😄😄😄😄
@@rogerburn5132 why is war funny?
@@PG-wz7by it's Not funny but when people make silly comments how NATO. is "" So strong "" I have to give them the right answer.
@Arun Sathyan Exactly just like NATO running away from Taliban months ago. Haaaaaa. 🔥🔥😀😀
@@rogerburn5132 Ohh guys, way to massage your deflated egos. :) "Balls to fight"? What about any decent reason to fight? The only thing Russian military has been excellent at doing throughout history, is trying to win by throwing excess of bodies at their opponent. Those soldiers at Ukraine are demoralized from day 1, having to wait for the command in cold makeshift barracks for several months of winter. Way to boost morale! (It is actually fun talking to trolls. :D)
Thanks
With its 24.5 kilometers, Laerdal tunnel is the longest in the world, traversing several mountainous formations between Laerdal and Aurland, in western Norway.- Why can't you tunnel under the Suwalki Gap?
Lithuania is NATO and EU, so no need to make the Baltic countries afraid. Russia would be on a suicide mission, if they invaded the Baltics. Don't spread fear, DW.
Suwalki gap is obvious target for Russians. There was video on Russians TV where politician talked about the steps of conquering Baltic states - one of the steps was taking Sweden's Gotland island.
Suicide mission? Funny ! Do the US sacrifce 350 million of the Americans to declare nuclear war with Russia becauase Baltic states?
@@anzelmasmatutis2500 Russian TV has also discussed if they should fire Sarmat missiles at London, Paris or Berlin. Russians are good at threatening, but opening up another fight now would be a mad and hopeless move from the Russian side.
@@aarhusnord Imagine having real discutions on any western media about invading Moscow, with detailed plans. Crazy russians.
Totally disagree w/the notion that putin could invade a NATO member state after Ukraine! WITH WHAT?! 🤣😂🤪
Not so bad at the moment
Should be heavily fortified
Might as well build a nice superhighway n high speed rail line from Brussels to Riga
Why Lithuania specifically and not the other two?
If Russia would like to start WWIII, this will definitely check all those boxes. It would trigger article 5 of the NATO agreement and I'm sure NATO's respond will swiftly and powerful. Leading to the liberation of Belarus and if needed the taking of Kaliningrad.
As if the movement of Russian troops towards the Suwalki Gap would not be noticed by NATO and the proper military response in place well before the Russians do anything.
That did not 🚫 talk 🦜 about the gap or what military 🪖⛑️🎖️ forces maybe used to take it and what was being done to defend it.
How well is Suwalki gap defended? The report did not answer the main question.
If they invade Lithuania Sulky Gap , its right on Poland border ( so its same they invade Poland) with 40 million population same as Ukraine . Also Baltic states 6 Million people . So they will attack 46 Million people, and then plus NATO. No point . Also Baltic states territory can be retaken with war ships from Baltic sea. Kaliningrad is only 220 square km . couple missiles and its gone . (Only an opinion) . Please lets live in peace .
I think they and other East-European countries need mainly state of art defensive system against ICBM-s, long/medium range missiles and anti aircraft systems. The Russian tactic has changed to long range weapons, after they stuck at Ukrain. I don’t know we have anything against the new hypersonic missiles, but if we dont have we have to develope one ASAP.
The U.S. developed hypersonic missiles in the 1970's, but shelved them, as their cost did not match the benefits they offered. I imagine now that Russia and China are 'hyping' them, the U.S. DOD will dust off the old binders and resume implementation of them. But, analyst have commented that the few hypersonic missiles Russia has used so far have shown little value over 'regular' missiles. I think the argument is ..."What difference does it make if I deliver a 1000 pound warhead at subsonic (e.g. cruise missile), supersonic (regular missile), or hypersonic speed? While the hypersonic missiles will be harder to shoot down, even low flying subsonic cruise missiles are very hard to shoot down, and regular missiles nearly impossible. Hypersonics only offer a marginal improvement against air defenses. Yet they are much more expense . In the end, analysts suggest costly missiles should be used on specific, higher value targets, while the rest is pummeled by lobbing large volumes of relatively low cost explosives (e.g. dumb bombs, mortar and artillery shells)
imho NATO should develop laser sattelite network for shooting down ICBMs, the one Reagan talked about, its possible to make ICBMs obsolete.
No one knows what the US has in their arsenal.
@@MysliusLT Star Wars was unfortunetely not feasible and was more meant to scare the Soviets and to catch out spies.
@@Merugaf The key word here is 'WAS'. There are 0 reasons why this is not possible. Some systems are under development and testing already. 2020, Raytheon's Phaser Microwave Beam. 2) 2022, April, The U.S. Navy reports that it has shot down a simulated cruise missile using an all-electric laser weapon for the first time ever. 3) 2019, Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD), was used from the ground, and was used to shoot down “multiple air launched missiles in flight. 4) Israel doing some. Thing is, it is possible, the question is, does someone want to develop one and make ICBMs obsolete?
Why is DW reposting videos it posted a week or two ago?
This is not a game.
Kaliningrad exclave must be completely de-militrized!!!
A в России было всё- и ресурсы и сырьё,
И валютный капитал, и военный арсенал.
Знаменитые артисты и смешные юмористы,
Были теноры, басы, даже короли попсы,
Теннисисты, дирижёры, фигуристы и боксёры.
А сегодня не нужны… Выходцы с такой страны.
А в России были все - Мерседесы и Порше,
И Самсунг, и Адидас, и Старбакс, и Эйрбас,
Были Лего, Прада, Гуччи, Ролекс, Майкрософт и Пуччи.
Зара, Аппл и Айкия, Симмонс, Эриксон, Нокия,
Нетфликс, Делл и Спотифай-
Дружно все сказали «Бай».
Пока Пу рулит в стране, импорта в Россию нет.
А российское жульё в мире раскупило всё-
И нью-йоркские квартиры и ирландские трактиры.
Винодельни, самолёты,
Острова и вертолёты.
Яхты, виллы и дворцы прикупили удальцы.
Даже в Челси клуб футбольный
взяли весь пакет контрольный.
Только толку что с того?
Ведь сейчас лишат всего.
Как же это вышло так? Что один больной чудак.
Миру объявив войну, развалил свою страну.
Как же это не понять?-Он отправил воевать.
Почему не ясно вам?- Он убийца и тиран.
Ваши уголь, нефть и газ прям сейчас бомбят Донбасс,
Киев, Харьков и Херсон
Убивает злобно он.
Он Россию бросил, гад, лет на сорок пять назад.
Пока правит Пу в стране.
Будет жить народ в говне…
Nice to know DW censors comments. I had started a thread with a discussion and now it's gone. Credibility just went down the drain.
Clickbait title, I'm supprised by this, I've come to rely on DW to be a more realistic and reliable source of information.
Let the conflict escalate a bit so NATO can sweep through kaliningrad. Repatriate the Russians and let Poland/Lithuania annex it. Let Putin get Payback for his actions. Lol
Southern half of Kaliningrad region is occupied by Poland. Maybe Germany wants it back as well??
So interesting to read the OCCUPATION supporters
Mac Fleet Typical American here. I never heard of Kaliningrad before
I wouldn't like my country Lithuania to annex Kaliningrad (or any other territory for that matter:)))) but Putin should go in the direction of the infamous warship.
Kaliningrad was offered to lithuanians and polands back in 1990, but we didn't take it, because majority of population there are russians.
Russian people shouldnt be blamed for bad leaders. Just saying
Why are trains still running from Russia to Kaliningrad through the Baltics? Shut those trains down and isolate Kaliningrad further
Alex Hoye - Yes it would be quite legitimate to close down any transport ways. No trains, no planes, and no ships.
Such an action could provoke Russia to attack.
@@dragosstanciu9866 that’s the idea - maybe Putin will fall for it
Yes let block em off fully
They are getting some nice use out of it by putting up those billboards for the Russians to see.
The title of this video was click bait. They posed a question but did not answer it or really even directly address it.
I wonder how potential Sweden and Finland NATO membership changes the strategic importance of the gap. The Baltic Sea suddenly becomes an insanely dangerous operational area for Russia and support to the Baltic states oversea and air becomes far easier for NATO. The gap still matters I’d think but less.
Thanks God they are NATO member
Lithuania is NATO member, the end.
Why is the translator voice so not compatible with every interview ?
What is going on up there?
Russia has clearly shown how weak its army is…. This shouldn’t be be a concern for quite some time…. Russia is a 3rd world army.
Pretty sure Columbia or Peru could take em.....
People in the comments saying that formerly known Königsberg should be returned to Germany or used as reparations for Lithuania need to understand that 1) it is a highly militarised Russian exclave where nuclear warheads might be stored 2) Best case scenario for the West: it should be an independent nation or a special administrative area, not a prize for any individual country. (Only possible if there is a full-scale war where Russia gets crushed and magically doesn't use nuclear weapons)
"1) it is a highly militarised Russian exclave where nuclear warheads might be stored" - not might, there are nuclear tipped Iskander systems that can reach most of the european capitals.
@@doomdrake123 and that's why those weapons will be disabled as soon as they try to close the gap. No need to use nuclear warheads, conventional ones will do just fine. A couple Tomahawks should do just fine.
They should also learn and understand how Russia claimed it in the first place - by killing, driving off, or forcibly removing half of the original inhabitants and shipping Russian settlers there.
@@doomdrake123 yes, but we don't know how many, what kind and where they are.
Absflc - We no longer care as we have nukes too. If Russia can invade we can invade whenever and whatever we like as we can threaten Russia with nukes as well.
DW should stop this! Scaring people doesn’t help! Uniting them does! ♥️
All this talk about WWIII. But Russia just doesnt have the resources for that, nor do they have any alies that would follow them.
The Baltic states should be incorporated with NATO nuclear sharing agreement. Over 100 U.S. nuclear bombs are distributed among NATO countries to use if needed.
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have all been in Nato for decades. This is what gives the lie Putin’s claim to be threatened by Ukraine joining Nato. All this time, Nato has been peaceably within spitting distance of Moscow and St Petersburg.
Not sure if they want to sit on the nuclear heap. We still remember Fukushima and Chernobyl...
I can’t wait ! I hope they do ! And we will see! Greetings from Poland!
fool
@@tomaspskers1576 Blow your president !
I like the billboards👍
Better question how long do you think kaliningrad will survive if long range artilery and naval gunfire lay waste on the small piece of land . that is surrounded . or how long st petersburg would be standing if navy assets start fireing their new 126 km range vulcan munitions ,
All neighbours should demand demilitarising Kaliningrad as it is a big military base and a threat to all neighbours. Russia invaded Ukraine claiming it was a threat to them so they will surely understand our demands, right? ;)
Before Kaliningrad it was Köningsberg a German city....
I don’t understand why Lithuania would take a defensive stance here. Get together with Poland and invade. It was never a Russian possession in the first place. Treat the Russian civilians well and they’ve lost a Baltic port.
INVADE? No wonder Russia has been talking about security guarantees since 2021. Now after reading your comment, I understand, their concerns were justified.
@@babblo1389 You decide that it's justified from a single comment? Lmao
@Crimeaboi
It’s a good reflection of Putin’s mindset. Threats everywhere, paranoia in everything, and claiming victimhood as you’re the one driving up tensions and attacking people.
@@babblo1389 It now became a matter of not allowing a terrorist state to hold a military position so close to the Baltic traderoutes and civilisations. You could join, but your KGB-mentality needs to go. We'll buy Russian gas and oil and Petersburg and Moscow will be prosperous cities again. You'll love it.
@@lif6737 Where have i seen that? Hmm... there's was this painter from Austria, but i can't remember his name
Unlikely.
how can they sever this connection, isn't Lithuania in NATO or am I imagining things?
Yes, we've been in NATO for 18 years.