Today is a big day for our region and for Europe as a whole. The Baltic states—good friends of Ukraine—have officially disconnected from Russia’s power grid. Their energy systems are now fully synchronized with the continental European network. I congratulate to our friends—Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia—on this achievement. It’s important that Poland is helping, once again proving that cooperation between all of us means independence for each of us. @GitanasNauseda @edgarsrinkevics @AlarKaris @AndrzejDuda Ukraine already did this back in 2022, and now the Baltic states have finally freed themselves from this dependence. Moscow can no longer use energy as a weapon against them. This also means Europe is now even more united. More cooperation is needed with America—LNG gas, oil. More efforts are needed with partners in regions neighboring the EU to import the necessary energy—the Caucasus, the Middle East, North Africa. The less Europe depends on Russia, the sooner we can guarantee real security for everyone. I am grateful to the European Union for supporting our region and our shared security.