Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has congratulated the Baltic states on officially disconnecting from the Russian power grid. Source: Zelenskyy on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda Details: Zelenskyy stated that it was a historic day for the region and Europe as a whole.

The switchover to the European electricity network, which Baltic leaders said held geopolitical and symbolic significance, came more than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union. View on

"Ukraine had already done this in 2022, and now the Baltic states have also freed themselves from dependency. Moscow will no longer be able to use energy as a weapon against the Baltic states. This also means that Europe has become even more cohesive," the president said.

The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are now unplugged from Russia's electricity grid and have joined the European Union's network. Plans for the move - which have been in the works since 2007 - were seen as essential for European security and had been brought brought forward after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda on Sunday announced that the three Baltic states had "successfully" joined the European power grid after severing ties with the Russian network.

"Goodbye Russia, goodbye Lenin," says the President of Lithuania in a video posted on his social media account. In this humorous way, Gitanas Nauseda summed up his country's decision to disconnect from Russia's energy system.

"Goodbye Russia, goodbye Lenin," says the President of Lithuania in a recording published on his social media account. In this humorous manner, Gitanas Nausėda summed up his country's decision to disconnect from Russia's energy system.

Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, at the Presidential palace in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025.