VIDEO: Lithuania
Lithuania urges West not to wait for another Pearl Harbor
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1-1-2024 7:00 P.M.
1:56 Minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGQtVK9-C7o
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis believes the West is on the verge of repeating historical mistakes by supporting Ukraine insufficiently in its fight against Russian aggression and has warned against waiting for a “Pearl Harbour effect”.
“For nearly 25 years we have been kicking the can down the road, trying to contain Putin’s imperialism with dialogue and diplomacy while he continues to ignore borders and flatten cities,” the official stressed.
Landsbergis pointed out that the Minsk Agreements had provided a pause after Russia’s hybrid aggression against Ukraine in 2014 but actually only postponed the war to the future. Tomorrow always comes. The problem of Russia’s imperialism didn’t disappear in 2014, and to most eastern flankers it was clear that the next phase of the invasion would be costlier and deadlier. And so it was. When Russia attacked again, the war suddenly became today’s problem. Again we think we can solve it by making it tomorrow’s problem. But the premise has not changed. Russia’s imperialist revanchist ambitions will remain,” the Lithuanian Foreign Minister stressed. Gabrielius Landsbergis stressed that the next phase of the hot war might be directed not only against Ukraine, Georgia or Moldova but also against a NATO country, and the cost of repelling such aggression would be even higher.
“We could wait for what I have called the ‘Pearl Harbour effect’, a moment in history when the problems of tomorrow finally become the problems of today, but at an enormously inflated price. Or we could treat this as today’s problem and start solving it today.
“We are on the verge of repeating historic mistakes. I am convinced that if we won’t defeat Russia now, that means our chosen path is to suffer unimaginable and unnecessary losses before we eventually decide it’s time to step up and win”, he added.
ARTICLE - Energy security
Situation in energy system on 1 January
Ministry of Energy of Ukraine,
01 January 2024 10:53
Energy security
https://www.kmu.gov.ua/en/news/sytuatsiia-v-enerhosystemi-na-1-sichnia-zafiksovano-profitsyt-elektroenerhii-v-enerhosystemi
Electricity surplus in the power system recorded, a coal mine in Donetsk region cut off power due to shelling
POWER GENERATION AND CONSUMPTION
A surplus of electricity was recorded in the power system. Ukraine transferred the surplus to neighbouring Poland (from 11:00 to 13:00). The total volume was 600 MWh.
A thermal power plant unit was taken out of service for short-term repairs.
The electricity generated by Ukrainian power plants is sufficient to meet the needs of consumers.
There are 8 units in reserve that can be put into operation as needed. The power system is balanced. The situation is under control. No blackout schedules are applied.
CONSEQUENCES OF THE SHELLING
As a result of shelling of a thermal power plant in Donetsk region, 110 kV overhead lines were de-energised, leaving household consumers and the TPP’s own needs without power, and also a coal mine (with 25 workers) was cut off. Within an hour, the consumers and the mine were reconnected.
In Chernihiv region, a 0.4 kV overhead line was disconnected as a result of shelling, and 96 consumers were cut off from power.
SITUATION AT THE ZNPP
There is a slight decrease in the water level in the cooling pond. It is now at 15.63 metres.
This is enough to meet the needs of the plant.
IMPORT/EXPORT
Electricity imports totalled 11,641 MWh. Electricity exports for 30-31 December amounted to 210 MWh.