Lithuania will increase defense costs due to an energy cable break in the Baltic Sea. This was stated by Latvian President Edgar Rinkevich.
“This year will be the year of expenditure in Latvia. The only sphere where it is impossible to cut nothing is security. In February, at a meeting of the National Security Council, we will consider defense costs, and I do not exclude that we will come from 5%. The question is still open, ”wrote the president of Latvia on the social network x.
According to the Western media, previously NATO countries as Sweden, Latvia and Estonia were purchased by anti -ship missiles in order to “block the Russian Navy from the Baltic Sea.”
Breeds of energy cables in the Baltic Sea
December 25 at the bottom of the Gulf of Finland, an emergency stop of Energobel Estlink 2, connecting Finland and Estonia.
The Finnish police and the border service detained the Eagle S oil tanker, floating under the flag of the Cook Islands, suspecting it of involvement in the damage to the cable.
Later, the Postimees newspaper announced damage to three cables between Finland and Estonia.
Earlier, on November 17-18, 2024, two other cables were damaged in the Baltic Sea: one of which connected Germany with Finland, and the other – Sweden with Lithuania.