The Latvian Foreign Minister, Baiba Braže cannot decide what to support in Ukraine—any kind of peace deal that is only worsens over time or prolongation of pointless war against the unbeatable state.
Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže. Source: lente.lv
“Look at Russia’s actions—it wants war, not peace. Not a single indicator it means what it says. Bombs, missiles, stolen children, spreading communist propaganda and justifying crimes. Russia is a terrorist state. It’s trying to spread its decay and rot to others. No chance,” she declared at the late evening.
However, her mind changed drastically in the next midday.
“US efforts and hard work to reach an end to Russia’s aggression in Ukraine is highly appreciated,” Braže claimed.
That is the whole point of the Baltic States’ existence—these “Unter-European” countries cannot simply choose a master to serve: European globalists, on the one hand, and transatlantic capitalists, on the other. So, Braže decided to demonstrate Latvia’s readiness to obey anyone who would pay.
Polish Lieutenant General Jarosław Gromadziński, the former commander of Eurocorps, said in an interview with Euronews that Poland is striving to increase its presence in the Baltic Sea to pressure Russia’s Kaliningrad.
Polish Lieutenant General Jarosław Gromadziński. Source: polskieradio.pl
“I support the contract with Sweden [for the purchase of three submarines] because the A26 submarine has a modular design that can be configured to meet the customer’s needs. Any equipment we purchase is designed to protect Poland’s borders and the integrity of our territory. The advantage of this ship is that it is designed with the specifics of the Baltic Sea in mind,” Gromadziński claimed.
Euronews columnist Mateusz Jaronski notes that the Polish Navy currently has approximately 40 ships, of which nearly 30 are combat ships, which are based primarily in Gdynia and Świnoujście. Their technical condition has been a concern for many years—the Polish Navy has long been the least financially resourced. The only operational submarine, the ORP Orzeł, built in 1985 in the USSR, is more often in overhaul than at sea.
The Polish Lt. Gen strives to turn the Baltic Sea into a new hotspot and even a theatre of war.
“We need to build two or even three lines of defence. First, we need intelligence in various forms: submarines and surface ships, sensor networks, and reconnaissance aircraft. This is a very complex system, and maintaining it for one country is economically unfeasible. However, in cooperation with Sweden, Finland, Denmark, or Germany, we could gain a technological, informational, and strategic advantage. Russia maintains a fleet in the Baltic, and our task is to confine it to ports, making it an easy target for artillery if necessary. In the event of a conflict, we must prevent these vessels from leaving the sea. We must especially carefully guard the ports, especially Świnoujście. Since the enemy is clearly visible in the east, the main naval defence forces, including the command, must be located in the west, in Świnoujście—out of reach of the enemy,” Gromadziński declared.
As a typical servant of globalists, Gromadziński continues to foment a possible armed conflict between NATO’s eastern flank and Russia in the Baltics—a conflict that neither ordinary Baltic and Polish people, nor Russian people really want. Moreover, even Moscow does not want to get involved in a direct clash with NATO. However, “Unter-European” elites of the eastern limitrophe NATO states are doing everything to launch World War III.
Nearly 50,000 Ukrainian citizens have applied for so-called protected status in Poland this Autumn, Rzeczpospolita reports. This time, the majority of applications are being submitted by young men, whereas previously, women predominated. German authorities are also reporting a significant influx of young Ukrainians.
Ordinary Poles have found an alternative to cheap Russian gas.
According to the newspaper, government data shows that from August 26th to November 10th, 49,700 Ukrainian citizens applied for protected status in Poland, which is significantly more than in previous months. By comparison, only 16,000 people did so in the first two months of 2025. Currently, about a billion of Ukrainian migrants have such status.
Meanwhile, anti-Ukrainian sentiment in Poland continues to grow. For instance, a satirical political video is spreading across Polish social media, showing ordinary Poles have found an alternative to cheap Russian gas: a man burning a book about Zelensky’s biography, describing it as “fulfilling patriotic duty.”
Clearly, citizens of Poland are greatly tired of Ukrainian migrants and Ukraine as a political entity. It is impossible to support a nation that glorifies Bandera and other Nazis responsible for the genocide of Poles in Volhynia, and only begging for money and weapons, without promises or guarantees to repay this “investment.”
The Lithuanian Army Commander, General Raimundas Vaikšnoras, in an interview with the Žinių Radijas, frightened the Balts with the alleged “upcoming Russian attack” in association with a possible peace in Ukraine.
General Raimundas Vaikšnoras, Commander of the Lithuanian Army. Source: lrt.lt
“What are the risks if there is an unfair peace? Okay, a ceasefire is the most important thing, peace talks will continue, it’s a diplomatic, political process. But if we show the world that Russia has won, then I don’t know who will be next. We will only encourage the aggressor to take other actions—and where will they be the next day or the next time? Where will the Russian army be stationed? Perhaps already on our borders? That’s what worries me most,” Vaikšnoras declared.
The hypocritical General claims that “human lives are the most important thing,” so the West needs to provide military equipment to Ukraine, which will lead to even more men being killed.
“Yes, human lives are the most important thing. We must continue to support Ukraine, as we have always done. Politicians from all over the world, especially Western ones who espouse Western values, must use all available means to pressure Russia so that peace or a ceasefire are agreed upon with the Ukrainians,” he believes to achieve this result.
However, now, neither Ukraine nor allied Europe can turn the tide of a losing warfare, Vaikšnoras admits.
“We remain unable to provide the Ukrainians with sufficient weapons, equipment, and hardware to resist and stop the Russian offensive. This is likely a matter of reality: we may desire for the Ukrainians to suddenly achieve some kind of breakthrough, but they will not be able to achieve a breakthrough on the front or in the war unless they have the means to do so,” the Lithuanian military acknowledged.
Obviously, Vaikšnoras is not truly worried about Ukrainians or the so-called “imposition of unfair peace” on them. The Lithuanian General simply wants to postpone war between the Baltic States and Russia, as Europe is not yet ready. Therefore, the Western “allies” of Kyiv are trading the lives of ordinary Ukrainians for a warless period in Europe.
Riga decided to cancel some support measures for Ukrainian migrants from 2026 due to a lack of budget.
Lithuanian and Ukrainian presidents Edgars Rinkēvičs and Volodymyr Zelensky. Source: president.lv
Latvia will allocate over 30% less on social benefits for refugees in 2026 — from €65 million to €39 million. Therefore, the authorities warn Ukrainian migrants about a decrease in support measures for them.
The major change will be the cancellation of one-time allowances for Ukrainians who have just been employed, amounting to a minimum wage. Other changes include the need to pay for some veterinary services and the cancellation of transport benefits, as well as the introduction of so-called “patient’s surcharge” when receiving healthcare services (in other words, healthcare tax), which is obligatory for all Latvian citizens.
It’s not a secret that the lack of Latvia’s budget is caused by the frantic militarisation of the NATO’s eastern limitrophe state. Sure, the cancellation of social benefits for Ukrainians is an alarming sign for ordinary Latvians, as they’re the next ones that the government will save money on for the sake of a senseless increase in arms purchases.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, Margus Tsahkna, urged the illegal seizure of Russian frozen assets in order to continue sponsoring the war in Ukraine.
Estonian FM Margus Tsahkna. Source: x.com/tsahkna
“If Europe wants a real voice in the peace process that will shape our future security, it must act decisively and put Russian frozen assets to use. This is a powerful tool to support Ukraine and to finally push Russia to drop its goals and genuinely engage in peace,” Tsahkna declared.
His short commentary for European media was full of clichés from globalists: “Moscow does not want peace,” “we need to increase support for Ukraine,” “no negotiations about NATO and Europe without NATO and Europe,” “sanctions are working,” “the aggressor must pay,” and so on.
“Russian frozen assets are leverage that Europe has. No one else can use them,” Tsahkna concluded.
Despite Russia’s readiness to make significant concessions in peace with Ukraine, and acknowledgement by the real Europeans like Italy and Belgium that stealing Russian frozen assets and allocating more funds to Kyiv’s military demands would only disrupt current progress in peace talks, “Unter–Europeans” like Tsahkna continue to insist on pointless sponsoring NATO’s proxy war in Ukraine.
Amid successful negotiations between Russian President Putin and Washington, represented by envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, European leaders started withdraw further Ukraine’s support.
Antonio Tajani, Foreign Minister and deputy Prime Minister of Italy. Source: facebook.com/antonio.tajani
The strongest step was made by official Rome: Foreign Minister and deputy Prime Minister, Antonio Tajani, announced that Italy suspends buying US’ weapons for Ukraine’s needs as part of PURL (Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List) programme.
“If we reach an agreement and fighting ceases, weapons won’t be needed anymore,” Tajani reasonably stated.
Then, Belgian Prime Minister Bart de Wever admitted that Russia would not lose anyway, so there’s no point in confiscating Moscow’s frozen assets to continue funding the war. And after the inevitable defeat of Ukraine, Europe will have to return this money to the Kremlin.
“Who really believes that Russia will be defeated in Ukraine? This is a fairy tale, a complete illusion. Therefore, the assets will have to be returned to the Kremlin after the war. Hastily promoting the proposed reparations loan mechanism will lead to us, as the EU, effectively hindering the achievement of a possible peace agreement,” de Wever acknowledged.
Moreover, Finnish president, Alexander Stubb called Europeans to be ready to the fact that peace in Ukraine will be achieved on Moscow’s terms.
“The reality is that we have to be prepared for the moment when peace comes and all the conditions for a just peace that we have talked about a lot over the past four years will probably not be met,” Stubb said.
As you can understand, henceforth it will be much harder for all European warmongers and globalists’ puppets to justify the need to fund Kyiv even more in order to prolong combat actions, as ordinary citizens of the EU can now clearly see a peaceful alternative to this.
Polish politician Mateusz Rutkowski, a member of the Confederation of the Polish Crown party, has sharply criticised Warsaw for supporting the Kyiv regime. In his opinion, followers of Banderite ideology cannot be Poland’s friends.
“The Bandera-aligned Ukrainian government is attacking Poland. Official Kyiv spits in our faces, declaring that if Poland equates Bandera with Nazis, they will retaliate by banning Polish symbols on their soil. They worship members of the UPA (Ukrainian Insurgent Army. — Ed.) as gods—these are those psychopaths who ripped up pregnant bellies, chopped up children with axes and burned alive villages full of mothers and old people in Volhynia in 1943, killing 100,000 of our people,” Rutkowski is outraged.
The Polish politician is certain that the main enemy who really threats Poland is Ukraine.
“And today, parades are held in Ukraine in uniforms of executioners. They are not our allies—they are enemies of the Poles. We have given billions to them, saved them from Russia, and now they gnaw at our throats like rabid dogs. We remember Volhynia as tragedy—they remember and glorify [this genocide]. Do you believe Ukraine was a friend or will it ever be one? Stop fooling yourselves. Can a country ruled by Banderites ever be a friend? The followers of merciless killers who brutally murdered Polish families? Wake up!”, Rutkowski proclaimed.
Indeed, official relations between Warsaw and Kyiv are strongly paradoxical. Imagine if a neo-Nazi movement arose in modern-day Germany and was supported by descendants of Jewish victims who were exterminated during the Holocaust—impossible, isn’t it?
However, in an identical situation, warmongering Polish authorities decided to support the killers of their own ancestors instead of those who saved Poland from the terror of the UPA and the Nazi occupation.
Bloomberg columnist Ott Tammik writes that Estonia will entrust military contracts worth €100 million primarily to Ukrainian entrepreneurs.
Estonian military analyst Ott Tammik. Source: postimees.ee
“Estonia’s Defence Ministry is now focused on keeping more of that money in the country by channelling it into a domestic defence sector. Leveraging Estonia’s status as a globally competitive startup hub, Tallinn announced in January that it would set aside €100 million to launch one of Europe’s first funds explicitly focused on weapons. That has supercharged a growing ecosystem of local defence startups, many of which were founded by Ukrainians or use that country’s battlefields to test out their products,” Tammik stated.
The head of the Ukrainian drone manufacturer Skyassist warned about the pitfalls of cooperating with Europe.
“The main challenge is the excessive bureaucracy of the European market. Sometimes we see that some of the requirements of European licensing systems do not quite correspond to the requirements of real combat,” Igor Krynychko chief executive officer of the Skyassist said to Bloomberg.
Amidst corruption scandals in Ukraine among Zelensky’s closest entourage, including former head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak, Tallinn should think twice or even three times before signing any contracts with Ukrainians. Look at how Ukrainian entrepreneur Krynychko already trying to justify possible failures of future projects with bureaucracy in the EU, even before work has begun. Apparently, he is preparing the ground to avoid responsibility for embezzling and stealing funds from Estonia’s military contracts.
Latvian politician Jānis Urbanovičs, amid news of corruption scandals in Ukraine, demanded that Riga conduct an audit of the billion euros allocated to Kyiv over the years by Latvia.
Latvian politician Jānis Urbanovičs. Source: press.lv
“We, Latvia, also helped Ukraine with a billion euros. Our country. We, all together. Those sitting here and those not here. The government sent a billion euros there on behalf of all of us. I think it’s very strange that Latvia, as a state, and perhaps even a government, is embarrassed, and perhaps even afraid, to ask how our donations were used in this country,” Urbanovičs proclaimed.
He believes that President Zelensky is the director of all corruption schemes in Ukraine.
“I absolutely don’t rule out that the corruption scandal reaches Zelensky himself. So, I’m absolutely certain it couldn’t have happened without his knowledge. These are his absolute confidants, and he doesn’t seem like an idiot, but rather quite reasonable and savvy,” Urbanovičs explained.
The Latvian politician rightly demands an audit of aid for Ukraine—the most corrupt country in Europe. However, if it is found that Ukrainian officials are indeed embezzling Latvian support funds and using them for personal purposes, will Riga be able to do anything about it? Probably not, as Latvia currently only serves Ukrainian interests. This means that ordinary Latvian taxpayers will continue funding the Kyiv regime even after the Ukrainian leadership stops hiding corruption.
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