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[00:00:10] Good morning, it's 7 o'clock, I invite you to watch
[00:00:13] the news. At the security forum in Warsaw,
[00:00:17] the Commander of NATO forces in Europe will for the first time
[00:00:20] publicly present a theory of victory called the Eastern
[00:00:23] Flank Defense Plan. Although the exact details
[00:00:26] of the plan are classified, media reports suggest that
[00:00:30] the alliance, by combining traditional and next-generation
[00:00:34] warfare capabilities, drones, artificial intelligence, and
[00:00:37] other inexpensive means, would seek to urgently
[00:00:40] stop a Russian offensive against allied territory.
[00:00:44] Once this is done, allied forces plan to destroy enemy
[00:00:47] command, communication, intelligence, and targeting
[00:00:51] systems, if necessary, even in the aggressor's territory, until
[00:00:55] victory is achieved. The plan also highlights the goal of repelling
[00:00:58] Russian hybrid attacks. However, it is emphasized that the alliance itself
[00:01:02] will avoid any provocative actions. The main
[00:01:05] goal is to convince that if deterrence fails, NATO has
[00:01:09] a real and implementable plan
[00:01:11] to win.
[00:01:14] One of the things I would like to emphasize is that NATO is
[00:01:17] a defensive alliance, therefore our theory of victory
[00:01:21] is based on a strategy that we call denial of access and freedom
[00:01:24] of action. They are consistent with the overall alliance
[00:01:28] strategy to deter
[00:01:30] and defend in the Euro-Atlantic area. Essentially,
[00:01:34] the denial strategy means that the opponent needs to be deprived
[00:01:37] of the ability to achieve their goals, whatever
[00:01:40] they may be. And essentially, that says it all. This
[00:01:44] is how we defined victory. If we can stop
[00:01:47] the opponent and prevent them from doing what they intend
[00:01:50] to do, then we achieve our goal.
[00:01:53] Especially considering that we are a defensive alliance. That
[00:01:57] is our goal. The opponent
[00:02:00] controls our territory and cannot
[00:02:04] strike our facilities. victory looks like.
[00:02:08] With increasing attacks on ships in the Black Sea, shipping
[00:02:11] companies warn that due to increased risk, the price of
[00:02:14] cargo shipping is also rising. Last week, near
[00:02:18] the coast of Bulgaria, drones hit at least a couple
[00:02:21] of ships. The circumstances are still being investigated, but experts
[00:02:24] say that such incidents deter companies from sailing the Black
[00:02:28] Sea. An empty, burned-out ship
[00:02:31] frame has been drifting uncontrollably since August. In a few months,
[00:02:35] it approached the border of Romania and Bulgaria
[00:02:38] from the coast of Odesa. A local fisherman, spotting it and driven by curiosity,
[00:02:42] decided to inspect it closely. The ship's captain's bridge was completely
[00:02:46] burned out. I am 100% sure that people were burning there.
[00:02:50] According to the fisherman, the damage to the deck and elsewhere suggests that the ship
[00:02:53] was hit by at least five or six drones. Such a fate
[00:02:57] befalls ships sailing in the Black Sea more and
[00:03:00] more often. Bulgarian authorities are also increasingly being called
[00:03:03] to inspect damaged ships. The last time was last week, when
[00:03:07] drones hit two ships near the country's coast.
[00:03:11] One sank, and after inspecting the other, it was not possible
[00:03:14] to determine who and what exactly hit it.
[00:03:18] It took half an hour to inspect the ship, we went through all the floors above deck.
[00:03:22] We did not find any unusual traces, anything unusual for this ship.
[00:03:25] The entire inside is burned out and
[00:03:26] melted.
[00:03:30] The most striking were the holes and damage in the ship itself, they were
[00:03:33] observed at the stern of the ship, in the cabins, as well as in the control systems and
[00:03:36] engines. The country's prime minister says there is
[00:03:40] reason to suspect one country, but evidence allowing
[00:03:43] a final conclusion is lacking.
[00:03:47] It is indeed believed that the drone was Ukrainian, but it is equally
[00:03:50] possible that it was Russian. Such images
[00:03:53] do not please either ship owners or the companies that purchase their services.
[00:03:56] According to experts, since the start of the Russian invasion
[00:04:00] of Ukraine, almost 200 ships have been damaged by strikes
[00:04:03] in the Black and Azov Seas. Parts of the Black
[00:04:07] Sea have been declared a war risk zone, and the danger
[00:04:10] of transporting cargo there, some experts compare to that experienced by ships
[00:04:14] sailing through the Strait of Hormuz. The very
[00:04:18] real risk of hitting a mine or being hit by a drone,
[00:04:21] intentionally or accidentally, forces ship owners to stay away from
[00:04:25] the Black Sea.
[00:04:27] The Bulgarian minister does not currently see threats to commercial shipping and, importantly,
[00:04:31] grain exports. So
[00:04:35] far, the situation is calm, no ship sailing to or from Bulgaria
[00:04:38] has been prohibited from entering or leaving. Let's hope that this will continue.
[00:04:41] But the high risk forces both shipping companies and the
[00:04:44] companies that use their services to calculate
[00:04:48] costs.
[00:04:50] Depending on the client, insurance costs approximately between one and
[00:04:54] 2% of the ship's value. And when the ship's value reaches
[00:04:57] 30-40 million, you can imagine
[00:05:00] what the weekly insurance cost is, someone has to pay it
[00:05:04] to the client whose cargo we transport,
[00:05:07] especially as warnings that Russia may increasingly
[00:05:11] resort to provocations to destabilize
[00:05:13] do not subside.
[00:05:15] President Gitanas Nausėda expresses condolences for
[00:05:19] the death of journalist Henrikas Vaitiekūnas. According to the head of state,
[00:05:22] Vaitiekūnas, a legendary journalist, knew how to look
[00:05:25] at everyday life with gentle humor, and at difficult life
[00:05:29] challenges with wisdom and faith. Vaitiekūnas
[00:05:33] died at the age of 78.
[00:05:35] During his career, he worked in various newspapers, magazines,
[00:05:39] wrote on social and journalistic topics, and lectured
[00:05:42] at Vilnius University. Henrikas Vaitiekūnas was
[00:05:45] a long-time LRT employee, worked as a reporter
[00:05:48] in the Panorama editorial office, hosted Good Morning, Good Afternoon Lithuania,
[00:05:52] and created various television programs. He did not abandon
[00:05:55] journalism even after retiring from active professional life. He
[00:05:59] also worked as a member of the republican council of the Animal Welfare Society,
[00:06:03] and was a member of the volunteer society's
[00:06:05] council.
[00:06:10] The Vilnius District Municipality Council will again
[00:06:13] consider a proposal to rename streets named after the Polish cleric Henryk
[00:06:17] Gulbinowicz, who was punished for pedophilia. The last time
[00:06:20] this could not be done because the faction of the Electoral Action of Poles
[00:06:24] in Lithuania did not attend the meeting, so there were not enough
[00:06:26] council members. The mayor of Vilnius District Municipality, Robertas
[00:06:30] Duchnevičius, then expressed regret about the failed meeting and
[00:06:34] stated that politicians should respect the work of others, regardless of political
[00:06:38] views. The street is proposed to be renamed after local politician
[00:06:41] Gabrielius Janas Mincevičius and Buivydžiai.
[00:06:44] The municipal council considered renaming the streets in April and
[00:06:48] February. Both times, politicians refused to make such
[00:06:51] a decision.
[00:06:56] Today, heating will be turned on in buildings in Vilnius city and district, and
[00:07:00] Panevėžys city with non-automated heat
[00:07:03] points. There are approximately about
[00:07:06] a few percent of all heated buildings
[00:07:09] in the capital. Panevėžys municipality
[00:07:13] announces that heating will be supplied from today to the city's budgetary institutions,
[00:07:17] enterprises, organizations, and other heat
[00:07:19] consumers. Several other municipalities are also planning
[00:07:23] to turn on heating. This year, with the entry into force of new
[00:07:26] regulations, the heating season officially began
[00:07:29] on October
[00:07:30] 1st.
[00:07:34] More in-depth weather news, stay
[00:07:36] tuned.
[00:07:44] Today, cloudy with clear spells, localized,
[00:07:47] intermittent rain, mainly light, possible thunderstorms,
[00:07:50] wind from the southwest, in the western part of the country changing to
[00:07:54] west, northwest 6-1
[00:07:57] m/s. Temperature 10-15
[00:08:00] degrees Celsius. In Vilnius, without significant rain, it will be
[00:08:04] around 12 degrees. At the end
[00:08:07] of the week, the cyclone that arrived in the country brought autumnal
[00:08:10] weather and colder temperatures. This week, the situation will change
[00:08:14] slightly, it will be a little warmer in the second half,
[00:08:18] on Tuesday a high-pressure field will strengthen, mostly cloudy
[00:08:22] with clear spells, some short and light rain from thicker
[00:08:25] clouds, at night and in the morning in places, fog will make driving conditions difficult,
[00:08:29] a calm wind of changing direction will blow,
[00:08:32] at dawn the air will cool to 2-7 degrees
[00:08:35] Celsius, it will be a degree or two warmer on the coast, in many
[00:08:38] places, ground frost of up to 4 degrees Celsius will appear on the surface of the soil.
[00:08:42] During the day it will warm up to 10-15 degrees.
[00:08:45] On Wednesday, a cold atmospheric front will reach Lithuania from the west,
[00:08:49] at night in places, during the day in many areas, intermittent
[00:08:53] rain will fall, the wind will strengthen, at night it will blow from the southeast
[00:08:56] to the south, during the day from the southwest to the west. At the sea during the day, gusts
[00:08:59] will reach 15-17 m/s. The lowest
[00:09:03] temperature will reach 3-8, in the western part of the country around
[00:09:06] 10 degrees Celsius. On the ground surface in places, frost
[00:09:10] 0-3 degrees Celsius. During the day,
[00:09:13] the temperature will range between the same 10-15
[00:09:16] degrees. On Thursday night, before the front has yet left
[00:09:20] Lithuania, we will have rain in many places, it will be short and
[00:09:23] light, there will be a moderate strength westerly
[00:09:26] wind. At sunrise, thermometers will show 5-10,
[00:09:30] up to 12 degrees Celsius on the coast. During the day, the pressure
[00:09:33] will start to rise again, clouds will disperse, it will rain briefly
[00:09:37] only in places. The wind will calm down, it will not have a constant direction. From the south
[00:09:40] a slightly warmer air mass will flow in, so during the day we will again be able
[00:09:44] to enjoy 12-17 degrees Celsius. On Friday,
[00:09:48] the probability of rain will be low. The southeast to south wind will blow
[00:09:52] lightly. The temperature at night will range between 2-7,
[00:09:55] up to 10 degrees Celsius near the sea. In the afternoon it will warm up to
[00:09:59] 12-17 degrees. According to current
[00:10:02] data, Saturday will be without rain, on Sunday rain
[00:10:06] clouds will return to many areas. On Sunday during the day
[00:10:09] a strong northwest wind, near the sea it will be gusty.
[00:10:13] Nights are expected to be cool, on the surface of the soil in many places, frost
[00:10:16] up to five degrees Celsius, on Saturday during the day it will still warm up
[00:10:20] to 13-18 degrees Celsius, on Sunday it will only be
[00:10:23] 10-15.
[00:10:39] "Energy ceasefire is news to me," stated Ukrainian President Volodymyr
[00:10:43] Zelensky, but added that if the Russians agree to an energy
[00:10:47] ceasefire, Ukraine will also agree. United States
[00:10:51] President Donald Trump announced in a brief
[00:10:53] statement on Sunday and Ukraine had agreed to stop
[00:10:57] striking each other's energy infrastructure. Various remarks
[00:11:01] certainly weren't lacking this weekend after Trump
[00:11:04] stated that Ukraine needed new elections. We will
[00:11:08] discuss this now. Good morning, we are joined live
[00:11:12] by political scientist Alvydas Medalinskas. Good morning. Good morning, Mr.
[00:11:15] Medalinskas, such exchanges
[00:11:18] are probably not the first time
[00:11:21] in relations between Ukraine and the United States, but...
[00:11:25] yesterday's announcement that there is a ceasefire, says Donald
[00:11:28] Trump, one of the parties, Volodymyr Zelensky says, well, that's
[00:11:32] news to me. How normal is that from your perspective?
[00:11:35] Here, it's not the exchange of words that is
[00:11:38] most important, the most important thing is actually the fact that
[00:11:42] perhaps for the first time, I don't know if there has
[00:11:46] ever been such a thing in history, that there is a leader of a Western
[00:11:49] state who does not answer for his words and
[00:11:53] whose words can be
[00:11:55] both serious and then have some consequences, but can also be
[00:11:59] simply said in such a way that after a few minutes,
[00:12:03] completely different phrases will be said, and in this sense,
[00:12:06] there is practically little reliability
[00:12:10] left in the words of a politician, and this
[00:12:13] was shown by precisely the situation with this, you see, so-called
[00:12:17] energy, energy ceasefire, when it is solemnly
[00:12:20] announced on social networks that here is an energy ceasefire,
[00:12:24] and... "a means
[00:12:27] Moscow after a couple of hours attacks
[00:12:31] Kharkiv and, in particular, the power plant
[00:12:34] in Kharkiv, and Ukraine says, yes, we also don't know
[00:12:37] about this, but of course we can adhere to it, but on the other hand, this
[00:12:41] weekend there was another thing, that was the diesel
[00:12:45] deal, which was also very, very strange, because, well,
[00:12:49] the fact itself is strange, that deal means
[00:12:52] a with the aggressor, a deal is being made
[00:12:56] that give diesel, the most powerful Western
[00:12:59] state asks for diesel
[00:13:03] from Russia, but another
[00:13:06] thing is that that deal is being concluded at exactly the same
[00:13:10] time as a Ukrainian
[00:13:12] negotiation group is meeting in America,
[00:13:16] a fairly high-ranking one, true, President Zelensky was not there, but there were
[00:13:20] other very high-ranking officials, and plus
[00:13:23] European, in that sense, a... high-ranking officials,
[00:13:26] advisors to heads of state, and suddenly
[00:13:29] this came as a complete surprise to them, and it's obvious that in such a situation, you
[00:13:33] can no longer know what is real, what is not real,
[00:13:37] and of course, I understand that such
[00:13:40] political games, well, maybe we are entering a completely new era
[00:13:44] over the past few years, they can be
[00:13:47] played in some sense, but you need
[00:13:50] to understand that such political games, such political elections,
[00:13:55] political games are played at a time
[00:13:58] when a terrible war is taking place
[00:14:02] in Ukraine, and I will remind you that already
[00:14:05] on September, I believe, 14th,
[00:14:07] in mid-September, there was already such
[00:14:11] a statement that there is an energy ceasefire
[00:14:14] and there wasn't one, so now we will probably count those
[00:14:18] statements about those ceasefires probably as many
[00:14:21] times as Trump has stated that Iran surrenders
[00:14:25] and ended the war, because there were even more
[00:14:28] such statements. Donald Trump also stated that
[00:14:32] Ukraine should have new elections, and Zelensky replied
[00:14:35] that if you announce a ceasefire, okay, we will have
[00:14:39] those presidential elections, and
[00:14:41] the diesel agreement, which you just mentioned,
[00:14:45] all of this is happening in the United States as the midterm elections
[00:14:49] approach, and some experts say that this is precisely why Donald Trump
[00:14:52] is, well, throwing out such statements, while another
[00:14:56] group of experts notes that even Donald Trump's party
[00:14:59] colleagues, well, seem to express disapproval and
[00:15:02] strong disapproval of such diesel agreements? Indeed,
[00:15:06] even Republican supporters were shocked
[00:15:09] after this diesel
[00:15:12] agreement, especially after the requirement, when the details became
[00:15:16] clear, not to attack oil
[00:15:19] and energy facilities in Russian
[00:15:22] territory, because, well, there is a war, in that sense. Russia
[00:15:25] is attacking, so that means Russia can attack
[00:15:29] energy facilities in Ukraine,
[00:15:32] and now Kyiv was in darkness practically
[00:15:34] for the past
[00:15:37] few days, but Ukraine cannot, so in this
[00:15:41] sense there is a lot
[00:15:43] of illogicality, now if we attribute everything
[00:15:47] to elections, it won't be true at all, because
[00:15:50] in fact this tendency that statements are made
[00:15:54] on various issues from
[00:15:57] the White House over the past
[00:16:01] few years, and then you have to check every time whether it's really true or
[00:16:04] not, or whether it just popped into someone's head and they stated it.
[00:16:08] Maybe a statement is made to stir up
[00:16:11] stock prices, and then someone profits from those stock
[00:16:14] games, from the rise and fall of stock prices,
[00:16:18] and also makes money even during wartime,
[00:16:21] so these are the constant questions not even related to
[00:16:24] elections. As for elections, indeed, I
[00:16:27] think that in this context, the so-called peace
[00:16:31] process that has begun, more precisely, its resumption
[00:16:34] from September, after complete
[00:16:38] silence, when Ukraine was being battered by
[00:16:40] Russia, already in the summer, and as I call
[00:16:43] that moment "summer blindness," which had
[00:16:47] a very huge price for Ukraine,
[00:16:50] now those
[00:16:52] trips by Vitkov
[00:16:55] and Kushner not only to Moscow but also to Kyiv,
[00:16:58] I do not rule out the possibility that this could be a demonstrative action
[00:17:02] to show that Ukraine is also important, because in the Republican camp as well,
[00:17:05] as we see from this
[00:17:09] statement and the criticism of Trump regarding the diesel deal,
[00:17:12] support for Ukraine is
[00:17:15] quite strong, and Trump cannot
[00:17:18] ignore all those things. By the way, I will tell you
[00:17:21] something from another perspective, it particularly
[00:17:25] struck me, I mean, I understand that if you
[00:17:29] think about elections, you make some moves by releasing
[00:17:32] news to potential voters to
[00:17:36] attract them, for example. A message for Lithuanian voters and a message
[00:17:39] for Baltic voters that maybe American military
[00:17:43] bases will appear in Lithuania, whether they will be or not, we will
[00:17:46] see after the elections, Secretary of State
[00:17:50] Rubio went to Greece, because the Greek electorate is quite
[00:17:53] large, you see, in the United
[00:17:57] States, and there he gave a very nice speech about Greece,
[00:18:00] I understand that, but I don't understand how Donald Trump, on the weekend
[00:18:04] in Tennessee, told
[00:18:07] his electorate, his voters, I can tell
[00:18:10] you any nonsense and you will applaud me, and indeed,
[00:18:14] stormy applause followed, so
[00:18:18] in this sense, I don't understand
[00:18:21] some such political
[00:18:25] things, but maybe this is the so-called new
[00:18:28] politics, we will see its results in November, indeed, very briefly,
[00:18:31] we have a minute, can such a spree of statements by Donald
[00:18:35] Trump to the left and... not strengthen European support for Ukraine
[00:18:39] at that time? European support for Ukraine is already,
[00:18:43] in principle, if not for European support for Ukraine,
[00:18:46] Ukraine would already be very, very sad, because now
[00:18:49] Europe is financing, in that sense, providing economic,
[00:18:52] financial aid, and Europe is providing all military
[00:18:56] aid, except for intelligence data and Starlink, which of course comes
[00:18:59] from America, but Europe buys from American
[00:19:02] industry and corporations, gives
[00:19:06] money to America. This means buying these weapons,
[00:19:10] so in this sense, Europe is taking all these steps
[00:19:13] indeed. That support for Ukraine
[00:19:16] might decrease, after all, Europe itself is deciding on such a rather
[00:19:19] existential question, now, you see, how to ensure
[00:19:23] its security, which
[00:19:25] is very, very important, but
[00:19:28] it is clear that all
[00:19:31] this does not create
[00:19:34] a favorable climate in relations between European
[00:19:38] partners and America when we talk about transatlantic
[00:19:41] ties. Yes, when you talk to generals, for example, at
[00:19:45] conferences, they say, those same Americans, or
[00:19:48] officers, say, yes, yes, we really strongly support transatlantic
[00:19:51] ties, and everything else, but they look at such
[00:19:55] various statements and think, this person can
[00:19:59] give an order, for example, to defend
[00:20:02] one or another European country, if there are
[00:20:05] problems, but as I say, maybe the situation will change, maybe
[00:20:09] there will be more influence and other political
[00:20:12] forces after other elections, maybe it will somehow balance out, maybe
[00:20:15] such irresponsible statements will also
[00:20:19] decrease, we will see, in November
[00:20:22] is already quite soon, I want to thank you for coming
[00:20:26] to our studio this morning with political scientist Alvydas Medalinskas, we talked about
[00:20:29] the war between Russia and Ukraine, and now a short break in the program, have a nice
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[00:30:26] A series of Russian attacks in Ukraine killed at least
[00:30:29] six people, casualties are reported in the western city of Ivano-Frankivsk,
[00:30:33] as well as near the border with Russia in Kharkiv,
[00:30:36] where, among other things, the local
[00:30:40] thermal power plant was also hit. The energy infrastructure was hit
[00:30:43] despite Donald Trump's message, allegedly that Kyiv and Moscow
[00:30:46] agreed on an energy truce. Moscow
[00:30:50] not confirming the information, the Ukrainian president says that
[00:30:53] the news about the alleged agreement surprised him.
[00:30:56] žinia apie menamą susitarimą nustebino.