European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, as well as the presidents of Poland and the Baltic states, were to attend a ceremony in Vilnius on Sunday evening along with other dignitaries.

The Baltic states of Estonia ... brought forward after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. "Today, history is made," EU chief Ursula von der Leyen told a ceremony in Lithuania's ...

After disconnecting on Saturday from the IPS/UPS network, established by the Soviet Union in the 1950s and now run by Russia, the Baltic nations cut cross-border high-voltage transmission lines in ...

Nearly three and a half decades after leaving the Soviet Union, the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have ended electricity-grid connections to neighbouring Russia and Belarus ...

A map showing the Baltic States' power interconnectors with Finland, Poland and Sweden, as well as crossings of power lines to Russia and Belarus that will be disconnected on Feb. 8, 2025.

VILNIUS: The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania completed a switch from Russia's electricity grid to the EU's system on Sunday (Feb 9), severing Soviet-era ties amid heightened ...

The three Baltic states successfully connected to the ... Von der Leyen told reporters 'today history is made". "Electricity lines with Russia and Belarus are being dismantled.

For Russia, the decoupling means its Kaliningrad exclave, located between Lithuania, Poland and the Baltic Sea, is cut off from Russia's main grid, leaving it to maintain its power system alone.

Three Baltic states have cut ties with Russia’s power grid to join the European Union’s network in “a victory for freedom.” Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – all former Soviet republics ...

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have officially disconnected their electricity systems from Russia's as the Baltic countries seek closer ties with the European Union and better national security.

"It's the culmination of efforts over more than 10 years or 20 years, to reduce that energy dependence," Prof David Smith of the Baltic Research Unit at the University of Glasgow told the BBC.