Proud of you, @malukasdavid! 🇱🇹🇺🇸
David Malukas delivered the drive of his career at the 110th Indianapolis 500, battling at the front & finishing 2nd. The son of 🇱🇹 immigrants, David embodies the Lithuanian-American belief in freedom and the courage to dream big. 💪 @Freedom250
.@RepKeithSelf: History tells us that an end of the conflict in Ukraine will not reduce the Russian threat—it may instead redirect it.
The central question before us is whether NATO is postured not just to respond to a crisis in the Baltics, but to prevent one.
🇱🇻 Ambassador to 🇺🇸 Elita Kuzma greatly appreciates Chairman Keith Self and Ranking Member Bill Keating for convening today’s HFAC Europe Subcommittee hearing on securing NATO’s Eastern Flank.
🇺🇸 Members of U.S. Congress recognized the Baltic States as steadfast, model allies – contributing not only to their own defense, but to NATO’s collective security. They also underlined the importance of the Administration continuing high-level dialogue as a key contribution to deterrence.
Grateful to DAS Chris Smith for highlighting the Baltics’ role in strengthening collective defense and the U.S.–Baltic strategic partnership.
Strong, bipartisan support for the Baltic States in the U.S. Congress.
Russian information operations are often misunderstood as simply "pro-Russia propaganda".
Modern Kremlin-linked influence campaigns are usually less about persuading people to support Russia directly, and more about weakening social cohesion inside rival societies.
The objective is fragmentation:
• reduce trust in institutions
• increase hostility between and within groups
• amplify cynicism
• exhaust democratic consensus
• and turn political disagreement into identity warfare
Importantly, these operations rarely invent divisions from nothing.
They exploit fractures that already exist.
EU vs Disinfo overview: https://t.co/a8cPavj05C
EEAS overview of Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI): https://t.co/RPV0jvdDtD
RAND’s Firehose of Falsehood model: https://t.co/SHjMKkAYyB
For Estonia, freedom came not in 1945, but in 1991.
Today marks the end of World War II in Europe. We honor the millions who sacrificed their lives to defeat Nazism and remember the immense suffering caused by both totalitarian regimes that devastated the continent.
But for Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, and much of Eastern Europe, May 1945 did not bring freedom. It marked the continuation of Soviet occupation, repression, deportations, censorship, and the destruction of national sovereignty for decades to come.
Remembering history truthfully is not revisionism. Erasing occupation and calling it liberation is.
Today, the Kremlin continues to weaponize WWII history to justify imperialism and aggression, especially against Ukraine, while ignoring the crimes committed under Soviet occupation.
Russian shadow fleet vessels should be subject to US sanctions as outlined in US Senate "Shadow Fleet Sanction Act" (S.2904). Russia will only listen to sanctions that will end funding for their war against Ukraine.
Sweden just detained a Russian shadow fleet tanker suspected of spilling oil across 12km of the Baltic Sea.
The vessel: Flora 1. Sanctioned by the UK, Canada, Australia, the EU, Switzerland, New Zealand, and Ukraine.
From not-a-big Baltic nation to one of Europe’s most dynamic fintech hubs—Lithuania is proving that talent, and right &bold policy can result in global advantage 🇱🇹🚀
“Let us be clear, Congress will never allow the President to unilaterally withdraw from NATO.” -@SenatorShaheen and @SenThomTillis
🔗 Full statement:
https://t.co/FqqJpJGj76
The Trump Administration is doing way too little to help Ukraine. We should be sending more long-range precision weapons and more air defenses. The Biden Administration would send too little, too late. But, that was better than now.
Ambassador @varvuolis had an inspiring meeting with @rosenamajunas, a Lithuanian-American athlete, two-time @ufc champion. Raised in the 🇺🇸, Rose carries Lithuanian spirit & strength into every round. 🇱🇹💪Lithuania stands proud and is rooting for you, Rose! Best of luck on 01/24!
Your donation today before midnight tonight will help BAFL ensure freedom for the Baltics. Please make your tax-deductible donation now.https://t.co/018GbX4e7k
For over 50 years, Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians celebrated Christmas in darkness. Today in Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius the lights are bright and the spirit is sparkling. Wishing you the blessings of Christmas from our Baltic American family to yours.
Europe is vital to America's national security interests.
US presence in the Baltics has an outsized impact on shaping perceptions in the region and deterring a Russian attack.
The US should therefore commit to maintaining its force posture in the region, @dankochis argues.
A video appeared in Russian media allegedly showing the crash of the Russian An-22 aircraft. It started falling apart in the air.
The aircraft was newly renovated and was on a test flight.
MAGA voters on Ukraine:
*62% support sending weapons to Ukraine (compared with just 53 percent of non-MAGA Republicans) — a 15-point increase since 2024
*78% support selling American-made weapons to European allies, who would then provide them to Ukraine — the policy Trump has implemented.
*61% support “sending long-range cruise missiles, like Tomahawks, to Ukraine, which would give [Ukraine] the ability to strike deep inside Russian territory”
*74% see Russia as an enemy, while 73% consider Ukraine an ally.
*61% don’t trust Russia to abide by the terms of any peace deal.
*63% back “providing Ukraine with a collective defense commitment, which would obligate the U.S. and European allies to respond with military force if Ukraine is attacked again, like the U.S. commitment to NATO members.”
*73% support the creation of an “international force to police a demilitarized zone between Ukraine and Russia” that would “consist of European troops on the ground, backed by U.S. air power.”
The anti-Ukraine right is completely out of step with the MAGA movement.
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🇱🇹 Lithuania has just approved defence spending at 5.38% of GDP, set to lead @NATO in 2026. A national @LTU_Army division, stronger air defence and major modernisation are underway. A clear signal of resolve and unwavering commitment to the defence of NATO’s eastern flank.