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Esame Jums, kad vieningai dirbdami, sukurtume kelionę, kuri įgyvendintų Jūsų norus.

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Apie Baltic Travel Service

Kelionių agentūra „Baltic Travel Service“ veiklą pradėjo 1992 m. sausio mėn. 31 d., o 1993 m. Lietuvos Vyriausybė suteikė kompanijai licenciją Nr. 000001. Šiuo metu UAB „Baltic Travel Service” sistemoje yra dešimt kelionių biurų Lietuvoje. Nuo 2001 m. „Baltic Travel Service“ priklauso vienam iš didžiausių pasaulinių kelionių tinklų „Lufthansa City Center”, jungiančių 650 biurų 80 pasaulio šalių, visuose kontinentuose.

Kelionių agentūra teikia visas, su kelionėmis susijusias paslaugas:

• Parduoda visų pasaulio aviakompanijų, jūrų keltų, traukinių, autobusų bilietus, teikia visas, su kelionėmis susijusias paslaugas;
• Dirbdama tiesiogiai, arba pasinaudodama globalių konsolidatorių pagalba, rezervuoja vietas viso pasaulio šalių viešbučiuose;
• Atsižvelgiant į klientų pageidavimus, organizuoja visas įvairaus pobūdžio verslo ir poilsines keliones;
• Parduoda Lietuvoje veikiančių kelionių operatorių – NOVATURAS ir TEZ TOUR rengiamas užsakomąsias keliones;
• Parduoda pasaulinių kelionių operatorių – TUI, DERTOUR, MEIER’S WELTREISEN rengiamas keliones;
• Tvarkant vizas, teikia informacinio pobūdžio paslaugas;
• Teikia draudimo paslaugas;
• Teikia visas atvykstamojo turizmo paslaugas Lietuvoje.

Užsienyje mūsų klientai gali kreiptis į visus „ Lufthansa City Center “ biurus. Čia bus suteikta kvalifikuota informacija ar pagalba. Tai labai patogu esant skirtingai laiko juostai, kai iškilus sunkumams ar nenumatytiems atvejams yra sudėtinga susisiekti su Lietuva.

Keletas faktų apie kelionių agentūrą Baltic Travel Service Lufthansa City Center:

1992  Įkurta, kaip pirma oficiali kelionių agentūra nepriklausomoje Lietuvoje. 1992  Pirmoji kelionių agentūra Lietuvoje tapusia tarptautinės kelionių agentūrų profesionalų asociacijos (ASTA) nare. 1993  Lietuvos Vyriausybė suteikdama kompanijai licenciją Nr. 000001, aukštai įvertino kelionių agentūros indėlį turizmo industrijos vystyme. 1993  Pirmoji kelionių agentūra sudalyvavusi tarptautinėje turizmo parodoje FITTUR’93 Ispanijoje (Madride) ir pristačiusi Baltijos šalis. 1993  Suorganizavo pirmąjį poilsinį užsakomąjį skrydį nepriklausomoje Lietuvoje į Italiją. 1994  Tapo Ispanijos oro linijų kompanijos IBERIJA generaliniu pardavimų agentu Lietuvoje. 1996  Tapo ir iki 1999 buvo šiuo metu reorganizuoto tarptautinio tinklo THOMAS COOK Worldwide Network nare. 1996  Suteiktas aukštas tarptautinis įvertinimas už pasiekimus turizmo srityje. 1998  Kartu su partneriais įsteigė kelionių operatorių “Aviaturas ir partneriai”, kuris vėliau susijungė su didžiausiu kelionių operatoriumi Baltijos šalyse “Novaturas”. 1999  Tarptautinės Oro Transporto Asociacijos narė (IATA). 2001  Tapo pasaulinio kelionių agentūrų tinklo „Lufthansa City Center” nare.

Šiuo metu įmonė

• Turi 9 biurus Lietuvoje: Kaune, Klaipėdoje, Šiauliuose, Panevėžyje, Vilniuje, Marijampolėje, Alytuje; įmonėje dirba – 46 darbuotojai;
• Atstovauja visoms oro linijų bendrovėms, vykdančioms skrydžius iš Vilniaus, taip pat parduoda daugelį kitų oro linijų bendrovių bilietus po visą pasaulį;
• Sukaupusį ilgalaikę darbo su klientais patirtį, Baltic Travel Service Lufthansa City Center teikia visas, su kelionėmis susijusias paslaugas;
• Sėkmingai aptarnauja privačias bendroves, valstybines institucijas, privačius asmenis

Keletas faktų apie pasaulinį kelionių agentūrų tinklą Lufthansa City Center 

Prašymą/skundą dėl mūsų interneto svetainėje įsigytos paslaugos galite pateikti Valstybinei vartotojų teisių apsaugos tarnybai (Vilniaus g. 25, 01402 Vilnius, el. p. [email protected] , tel. 8 5 262 67 51, faks. (8 5) 279 1466, interneto svetainė www.vvtat.lt ), taip pat Valstybinės vartotojų teisių apsaugos tarnybos teritoriniams padaliniams apskrityse ar užpildyti prašymo formą EGS platformoje adresu http://ec.europa.eu/odr/

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Rasti maršrutą:

Baltic Travel Service, UAB Subačiaus g. 5-2 (Senamiestis), 01127 Vilnius, tel.: (0 5) 2514496

Baltic Travel Service, Alytaus biuras, UAB S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno g. 4A, 62137 Alytus, tel.: (0 315) 51911

Baltic Travel Service, Kauno biuras, UAB Karaliaus Mindaugo pr. 49, PC "Akropolis" (Centras), 44333 Kaunas, tel.: (0 37) 201060

Baltic Travel Service, Klaipėdos biuras, UAB Naujojo Sodo g. 1, 92118 Klaipėda, tel.: (0 46) 310600

Baltic Travel Service, Marijampolės biuras, UAB Gedimino g. 17, 68307 Marijampolė, tel.: (0 343) 98028

Baltic Travel Service, Panevėžio biuras, UAB Savanorių a. 2, 35201 Panevėžys, tel.: (0 45) 435919

Baltic Travel Service, Šiaulių biuras, UAB Vilniaus g. 116A, 76290 Šiauliai, tel.: (0 41) 429502

Baltic Travel Service, Vilniaus biuras, UAB Subačiaus g. 2 (Senamiestis), 01127 Vilnius, tel.: (0 5) 2120220

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Info.lt slapukų surinkta informacija leidžia užtikrinti galimybę vartotojams naršyti patogiau, teikti patrauklius pasiūlymus bei daugiau sužinoti apie vartotojų elgesį, analizuoti tendencijas ir tobulinti svetainę, klientų aptarnavimą bei Bendrovės teikiamas paslaugas.

Slapukas (angl. Cookie) – tai mažas tekstinis failas, kurį interneto svetainė įrašo į Jūsų kompiuterio arba mobilaus prietaiso naršyklę, kai Jūs apsilankote svetainėje. Sekantį kartą apsilankius svetainėje šis failas gali būti nuskaitytas, kad svetainė galėtų atpažinti Jūsų kompiuterį ar mobilųjį prietaisą.

Slapukų surinkta informacija leidžia mums užtikrinti Jūsų galimybę naršyti patogiau, teikti Jums patrauklius pasiūlymus bei daugiau sužinoti apie svetainės naudotojų elgesį, analizuoti tendencijas ir tobulinti svetainę, klientų aptarnavimą ir Bendrovės teikiamas paslaugas.

Slapukai taip pat naudojami tam, kad būtų užregistruota, ar sutinkate, kad Bendrovės svetainėje būtų naudojami slapukai, kad šis klausimas nebūtų užduodamas kiekvieną kartą apsilankant svetainėje. Visus naudojamus slapukus ir jų aprašymus galite matyti slapukų išklotinėje.

Būtinieji Šiuos slapukus naudojame savo lankytojams ir stengiamės pasiūlyti paprastą bei pažangią svetainę, kuri automatiškai prisitaiko prie jų poreikių ir norų. Norėdami tai pasiekti naudojame techninius slapukus, kurie padeda rodyti Jums mūsų svetainę, padeda užtikrinti jos funkcionalumą, sukurti vartotojo paskyrą, prisijungti ir kitaip apdoroti pagal funkcionalumą. Šie techniniai slapukai yra būtini tinkamam mūsų svetainės funkcionavimui.

Funkciniai Šiuos slapukus naudojame prisiminti Jūsų pageidavimus ir padėti naudotis mūsų svetaine veiksmingai bei efektyviai. Pavyzdžiui, šie slapukai prisimena Jūsų pageidaujamą kalbą, paieškas ir anksčiau peržiūrėtas paslaugas/prekes. Šiuos slapukus galime naudoti ir Jūsų registracijos informacijai prisiminti, kad kaskart apsilankius mūsų svetainėje Jums nereikėtų iš naujo įvesti prisijungimo duomenų. Šie funkciniai slapukai nėra būtini svetainei funkcionuoti, tačiau prideda funkcionalumo ir pagerina Jūsų naudojimosi Bendrovės svetaine patirtį.

Statistiniai Šiuos slapukus naudojame įgyti įžvalgų apie tai, kaip mūsų lankytojai naudojasi Bendrovės svetaine. Tokiu būdu galime optimizuoti ir pagerinti savo svetainę, suprasti reklamų ir komunikacijos efektyvumą bei užtikrinti, kad vis dar esame įdomūs ir aktualūs. Galime rinkti duomenis apie Jūsų peržiūrėtus internetinius puslapius, iš kurių puslapių atėjote, bei informaciją apie datą ir laiką. Tai taip pat reiškia, kad galime naudoti informaciją apie Jus ir tai, kaip naudojate Bendrovėje svetainę, pavyzdžiui, apsilankymo dažnumą, paspaudimų skaičių tam tikrame puslapyje, naudotus paieškos žodžius ir kt. Kaip mūsų reklaminių kampanijų dalį, galime panaudoti analitinius slapukus, kad sužinotume, kaip vartotojai naršo mūsų svetainėje po to, kai jiems parodoma reklama internete. Tai gali apimti ir reklamas trečiųjų šalių svetainėse.

Reklaminiai Šiuos slapukus naudojame savo ir trečiųjų šalių slapukus, kad savo bei kitose svetainėse rodytume suasmenintą reklamą. Tai vadinama „pakartotine rinkodara“, kuri pagrįsta naršymo veiksmais, pavyzdžiui, Jūsų ieškotomis, peržiūrėtomis prekėmis/paslaugomis.

Neklasifikuoti slapukai Šiuos slapukus naudojame, kurių klasifikavimą vykdome kartu su atskirų slapukų teikėjais.

„Pixel“ žyma –  tai yra vadinamas (angl. web beacons), (angl. clear GIFs) arba paslėptas programinis kodas. „Pixel“ žyma renka informaciją su trumpais programinio kodo fragmentais, kurie perkelia šią informaciją į mažą grafinį vaizdą (paprastai nematomą) apie Jūsų veiksmus, kuriuos atliekate mūsų svetainėje. Surinkta informacija persiunčiama į “Pixel” paslaugų tiekėjo serverį, priešingai nei slapukai įrašydami į Jūsų naršyklę. „Pixel“ gali rinkti įvairią informacija apie Jūsų veiksmus mūsų svetainėje, mygtukų paspaudimus tam tikrose vietose, pildomų formų

laukų informaciją, IP adresą, informaciją apie naudojamą interneto naršyklę ir kt.  „Pixel“ žyma taip pat atpažįsta tam tikros rūšies informaciją Jūsų kompiuteryje, pvz., esamus slapukus ir juose užfiksuotą informaciją, tokiu būdų padeda parinkti Jums reklamas, jas optimizuoti pagal surinktus duomenis, kurti tikslines auditorijas būsimoms reklamoms ir pakartotinės rinkodaros pasiūlymus potencialiems klientams – žmonėms, kurie jau ėmėsi tam tikrų veiksmų mūsų svetainėje.

„Pixel“ mes naudojame kaip analizės įrankį, leidžiantį įvertinti reklamos efektyvumą, suprasdamas veiksmus, kuriuos atliekate mūsų svetainėje. Mums padeda stebėti reklamas, optimizuoti jas pagal surinktus duomenis, kurti tikslines auditorijas būsimoms reklamoms ir pakartotinės rinkodaros pasiūlymus potencialiems klientams – žmonėms, kurie jau ėmėsi tam tikrų veiksmų mūsų svetainėje.  Visus naudojamus „Pixel“ ir jų aprašymus galite matyti slapukų ir „Pixel“ išklotinėje.

Mūsų svetainėje yra nuorodų į kitų asmenų, įmonių ar organizacijų interneto tinklalapius. Atkreipiame dėmesį, kad Bendrovė nėra atsakinga už tokių interneto tinklalapių turinį ar jų naudojamus privatumo užtikrinimo principus. Tad jei paspaudę nuorodą iš Bendrovės interneto svetainės pateksite į kitus tinklalapius, turėtumėte atskirai pasidomėti jų privatumo politika.

Prieigą prie statistinių duomenų apie Bendrovės svetainės lankytojus turi Bendrovės darbuotojai, dirbantys Bendrovės rinkodaros ir IT padaliniuose, kurie yra atsakingi už šių duomenų analizę ir interneto svetainės tobulinimą.

Prieigą prie techninių įrašų taip pat gali turėti Bendrovės partneriai, kurie teikia Bendrovės interneto svetainės turinio valdymo įrankius.

Visus kitus mūsų partnerius ir jų privatumo politikas galite matyti slapukų įrankyje, skiltyje „Slapukų aprašas“: Parodyti slapukų įrankį .

Bendrovės naudoja surinktus duomenis analizei iki trejų metų. Slapukai paprastai galioja trumpai, priklauso nuo slapuko tipo (vieną dieną, savaitę ar mėnesį), bet kai kuriais atvejais gali galioti ir iki dvejų metų. Tikslius slapukų galiojimo terminus galite matyti slapukų įrankyje, skiltyje „Slapukų aprašas“: Parodyti slapukų įrankį . Jeigu esate davę sutikimą slapukams, savo sutikimą galite atšaukti paspaudę šią nuorodą, matysite, kad slapukų sutikimas yra atšauktas, kai perkrausite svetainę iš naujo:  ATŠAUKTI DUOTĄ SLAPUKŲ SUTIKIMĄ  (Taip pat sutikimą galite atšaukti atžymėję varneles ir patvirtindami savo pasirinkimą slapukų įrankyje)

Norėdami daugiau sužinoti apie slapukus ir kaip juos tvarkyti ar pašalinti, tiesiog apsilankykite puslapyje  www.allaboutcookies.org  ir Jūsų naršyklės pagalbos puslapyje.

• žinoti (būti informuotas) apie savo asmens duomenų tvarkymą;
• gauti informaciją, iš kokių šaltinių ir kokie asmens duomenys surinkti, kokiu tikslu jie tvarkomi, kokiems duomenų gavėjams teikiami ir buvo teikti;
• reikalauti ištaisyti tvarkomus savo asmens duomenis, jei duomenys netikslūs ir / ar nepilni;
• reikalauti sunaikinti savo asmens duomenis arba sustabdyti savo asmens duomenų tvarkymą, jei tvarkomi pertekliniai asmens duomenys, jei atšaukiate savo sutikimą ar yra tam kitas pakankamas pagrindas;
• susistemintu, įprastai naudojamu ir kompiuterio skaitomu formatu gauti sus savimi susijusius asmens duomenis, kuriuos Jūs pateikėte Bendrovei, ir persiųsti tuos duomenis kitam duomenų valdytojui, arba reikalauti, kad Bendrovė tiesiogiai persiųstų šiuos asmens duomenis kitam duomenų valdytojui, kai tai techniškai įmanoma (teisė į duomenų perkeliamumą).

Jeigu ketinate įgyvendinti savo teises, galite kreiptis į Bendrovę el. paštu  info@saulesspektras.lt . Atkreipiame dėmesį, kad įgyvendinant savo teises, Jūs privalote tinkamai patvirtinti savo asmens tapatybę. Todėl ketindamas siųsti prašymą Bendrovei, privalote teisės aktų nustatyta tvarka elektroninių ryšių priemonėmis, kurios leidžia tinkamai identifikuoti Jus, patvirtinti savo asmens tapatybę.

Mes nevykdome tokio profiliavimo, kuris gali sukelti teisines pasekmes ar gali daryti didelį poveikį jums, tačiau teikiant individualizuotus rinkodaros pasiūlymus, jūs galite būti priskirtas atitinkamai klientų kategorijai. Atsižvelgiant į tai, jūs turite teisę reikalauti žmogaus įsikišimo, pareikšti savo požiūrį ir ginčyti sprendimą.

Jeigu esate davę sutikimą dėl Tiesioginės rinkodaros pranešimų gavimo, turite teisę bet kada atšaukti šį sutikimą susisiekę su mumis el. paštu  info@saulesspektras.lt ar elektroniniame laiške paspaudęs nuorodą, kuri leidžia atsisakyti tiesioginės rinkodaros pranešimų gavimo.

Turėdami abejonių dėl asmens duomenų tvarkymo ar ketindami įgyvendinti savo teises, galite bet kada kreiptis el. paštu info@saulesspektras.lt . Nors informacija teikiama nemokamai, tačiau jeigu jūsų siunčiami prašymai yra akivaizdžiai nepagrįsti arba neproporcingi, visų pirma dėl jų pasikartojančio turinio, turime teisę imti pagrįstą mokestį, atsižvelgdami į informacijos teikimo arba pranešimų ar veiksmų, kurių prašoma, administracines išlaidas, arba atsisakyti imtis veiksmų pagal tokį prašymą.

Jeigu manote, kad mes netinkamai tvarkome jūsų duomenis ar neįgyvendiname jūsų teisių, galite pateikti skundą Valstybinei duomenų apsaugos inspekcijai ( ada@ada.lt ), tačiau atminkite, kad mes visada pasirengę visus nesklandumus išsiaiškinti kartu su Jumis.

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Incidents targeting Finland, Scandinavia, and the three Baltic countries have multiplied. Experts have taken inventory of them and recommend coordinated action for deterrence.

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At around 3 am on May 23, two boats set sail on the Narva river, which separates Estonia from Russia. On board were four hooded men, who began fishing out the beacons that Estonia installed to guide fishermen and prevent them from entering Russian waters. The Estonian border guards, who filmed the scene, decided not to intervene for fear of aggravating the situation. But for Tallinn, there was no doubt that Moscow was responsible. The Russian chargé d'affaires was summoned by Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna.

"This border incident is part of a broader pattern of provocative [behavior] and hybrid actions by Russia, including on its maritime and land borders in the Baltic Sea region," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a statement the following day, adding that "such actions [were] unacceptable."

The day before the beacon story, on May 22, a so-called decree published by the Kremlin on the internet threw the region into turmoil. It announced a future unilateral modification of Russia's maritime borders with Finland and Lithuania. However, as soon as the Russian media reported on this, the link to the text disappeared. Was it published by mistake, or was it a test of how neighboring countries would react? Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said of the inciden t: "Another Russian hybrid operation is underway, this time attempting to spread fear, uncertainty and doubt about [Moscow's] intentions in the Baltic Sea."

On the Finnish side, caution is the order of the day, even if its experts also see the incident as an attempt at destabilization. President Alexander Stubb stated that Finland would "[act] as always: calmly and based on facts," while Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen pointed out that "causing confusion is also a form of hybrid influence. Finland will not be unsettled by this."

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Russian interference in the region has increased in recent months. In a 40-page report published on May 27, entitled " Tracking the Russian Hybrid Warfare ," security researchers from Finland, the four Scandinavian countries and the three Baltic states take inventory of, and put into perspective, various incidents involving these eight countries, now all members of NATO.

No matter the specifics, the method is always the same, they note: "Russia seeks out and maps weak spots and dividing lines in target countries." Its goal "is to challenge and weaken the Western-dominated, rules-based international order that the Kremlin sees as a threat to its great power ambitions."

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Russian warships sent to Caribbean for ‘surprise’ war games

Russian warships have been sent to the Caribbean for surprise war games, US officials have said.

The show of force by Moscow comes after the Biden administration authorised Ukraine to use US-supplied weapons to strike inside Russian territory for the first time to defend Kharkiv.

Following Russian advances, Ukraine’s second city is now just miles from the front line and under heavy bombardment from Vladimir Putin’s forces.

The authorisation prompted an angry response from the Russian strongman , who vowed to take “asymmetrical steps” in other parts of the world in response.

The “handful” of ships are also expected to dock in Cuba and Venezuela , according to US officials who briefed journalists on condition of anonymity.

The officials emphasised that Russia had the right to carry out war games in international waters, although Moscow had not given advance warning to Washington, something that is standard practice to avoid miscalculations and potential escalation.

The move comes as around 20 Nato countries launch BALTOPS 24 on Friday, a large air and naval exercise in the Baltic, close to the Russian border.

However, despite Mr Putin’s intentions of projecting Russian military might on the US’s doorstep, the Caribbean military exercise potentially underscores just how vulnerable Moscow’s navy has become.

In the Ukrainian theatre of war, no force has fared worse than the Russian navy, which has suffered heavy losses and continually been put on the back foot by the Ukrainians in the Black Sea.

Most famously, Moskva, the flagship of Moscow’s Black Sea fleet, sank in April 2022 after Ukraine struck it with Neptune anti-ship missiles.

Since then, the Ukrainians have continued to draw blood, often using small, inexpensive sea drones, as well as launching missile strikes on the Kerch Bridge linking Crimea directly to the Russian mainland.

The weakness of Russia’s navy means that it has now had to withdraw out of Ukrainian missile range, allowing Kyiv to resume shipments of grain exports from Crimea, through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits, on which various African nations depend.

The Russian ships are expected to remain in the Caribbean throughout the summer.

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President Vladimir V. Putin said that since Western governments were allowing long-range missiles to be used on Russia, it could do the same.

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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia warned on Wednesday that Western nations supplying Ukraine with long-range missiles and allowing them to be used to attack inside Russia was a “dangerous step” that could prompt Moscow to reciprocate against Western targets.

“If someone thinks it possible to send such weapons to a war zone to strike our territory and create problems for us,” Mr. Putin said at a news conference , “then why do we not have the right to send our weapons of the same class to those regions of the world where strikes can be made on sensitive facilities of the countries that do this against Russia?”

Mr. Putin singled out Germany, saying that its supply of battle tanks to Ukraine had been an initial blow to Russian-German relations, but its permission to use missiles in Russia was even worse.

“Now, when they say that some missiles will appear that will strike targets on Russian territory, this, of course, is ultimately destroying Russo-German relations,” he said.

Mr. Putin was speaking to senior editors from at least 15 news agencies from around the world that were invited to meet with him on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Mr. Putin had skipped the tradition since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, but this year the invitation was extended to Western outlets such as The Associated Press, Reuters and various European agencies including Agence France-Presse, DPA from Germany, ANSA from Italy and EFE from Spain.

Mr. Putin’s spokesman, Dmitri S. Peskov, told reporters that representatives from “unfriendly countries” were included because “it is very important for them to get to know Putin and understand Russia firsthand,” according to Russia’s official news agency, Tass.

Western business executives largely avoided the forum, while China had a significant presence, including a presentation of a bulletproof limousine that retails for more than $560,000 in China, Tass reported.

Mr. Putin answered questions on a wide range of topics, but many of the queries focused on the war in Ukraine. Although Russia invaded Ukraine after it had begun destabilizing the Eastern regions in 2014 by supporting separatists, Mr. Putin again portrayed the war as the fault of Ukraine and its Western allies.

Countries that are supplying weapons to Ukraine risked being dragged into a war with Russia, he said.

It was not clear where Mr. Putin possibly planned to position Russian weapons in other regions. Troops and armaments have been deployed in Belarus, possibly including nuclear missiles, during the war. Belarus borders Europe more closely than Russia, as does the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea. Russia also has forces in Syria near bases where the United States operates.

In terms of relations with Washington, Mr. Putin said that he did not think the looming presidential election would change much as long as the United States continued to pursue “greatness.”

Asked about the recent conviction of the former president, Donald J. Trump, Mr. Putin said that the United States was burning itself from within. “It is obvious all over the world that the prosecution of Trump, especially in court on charges that were formed on the basis of events that happened years ago, without direct proof, is simply using the judicial system in an internal political struggle,” he said.

On the subject of Evan Gershkovich , the American reporter from The Wall Street Journal who has been imprisoned in Russia on espionage charges for more than a year, Mr. Putin said that the United States was taking “vigorous steps” toward his release. Mr. Gershkovich, The Journal and the U.S. government have all denied the charges.

Such issues “should only be resolved on the basis of reciprocity,” Mr. Putin added. “The relevant U.S. and Russian agencies are in contact with each other on this issue.”

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President Biden observed the 80th anniversary of D-Day on the beaches of Normandy by asserting that the allied effort to stand up to Russia  is a direct extension of the battle for freedom that raged across Europe during World War II.

President Vladimir Putin of Russia warned that Western nations supplying Ukraine with long-range missiles and allowing them to be used to attack inside Russia could prompt Moscow to reciprocate against Western targets .

The decision by the Biden administration to allow Ukraine to strike inside Russia  with American-made weapons fulfills a long-held wish by officials in Kyiv  that they claimed was essential to level the playing field.

Zelensky Interview: In an interview with The New York Times, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine challenged the West  over its reluctance to take bolder action.

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• Baltic officials told German representatives they might send troops to Ukraine, Der Spiegel reported.
• The report says their condition for moving in troops is if Russia achieves a breakthrough in the war.
• The warning was part of an argument for Germany to up its support in Ukraine, the outlet reported.

Members of parliament for the Baltic states warned German officials last week that their governments were poised to send troops to Ukraine if Russia achieved considerable gains, Der Spiegel reported.

The German outlet reported Sunday that the Baltic officials issued the warning while speaking with representatives for Berlin at the Lennart Meri Conference in Tallinn, Estonia.

Der Spiegel neither named any of the officials nor identified which countries they represented but said they raised concerns about German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's current policy toward the war.

Scholz has been denying Ukraine permission to use German-supplied weapons in strikes on Russian soil, in line with Washington's stance of not allowing Kyiv to use donated weaponry for attacks beyond Ukraine's own borders.

Der Spiegel reported that the Baltic officials were concerned that such policies created a half-hearted attempt to help Kyiv and might allow Russia to gain the upper hand in Ukraine.

They said that if Moscow did gain significant ground in eastern Ukraine , their governments and Poland could move troops into the conflict zone even before Russia deployed its soldiers on their borders, the outlet reported.

The officials' argument, Der Spiegel reported, was that treating Moscow with restraint could backfire and instead create an escalation.

Like Ukraine, the Baltic states — Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania — were previously part of the Soviet Union.

They've been some of NATO's most vocal members in pushing the rest of the alliance to intensify support for Kyiv, fearing that Russian President Vladimir Putin may seek to continue his conquest in the region if he seizes Ukraine.

Together with French President Emmanuel Macron, they've repeatedly hinted that they aren't ruling out sending NATO troops to Ukraine.

Officials in Estonia recently signaled the possibility of deploying its troops to fill non-combat roles and free up Ukrainians to fight on the front lines. There are concerns that such actions could escalate the conflict quickly into a direct war between NATO and Russia.

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A spokesperson for Estonia's defense ministry told Business Insider the country wasn't discussing deploying troops to Ukraine for active combat roles.

"Tomorrow, the EU defense ministers will discuss the expansion of the EU training mission EUMAM, which until now has trained Ukrainian combatants on EU territory," the spokesperson said, referring to the European Union Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine. "The discussion will mostly focus on the quantity of personnel to be trained. However, it may also touch on the location of the training."

When contacted by BI, a spokesperson for Poland's ministry of national defense said: "We are not considering the idea of sending Polish soldiers to Ukraine, so it is difficult for us to comment on such media reports."

Press services for the defense ministries of Latvia and Lithuania didn't immediately respond to requests for comment sent by Business Insider outside regular business hours.

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The concerns reported by Der Spiegel have come after Russia launched a renewed assault in northeastern Ukraine, striking the city of Kharkiv and capturing several settlements in the surrounding region.

Military observers say the Kremlin can't take Kharkiv with the resources it's deployed there so far, but Russia has been shelling the city and inflicting civilian casualties .

On the main front in the east, Ukraine has been struggling for months to hold back a grinding Russian advance after its supplies from the US began to dwindle.

The aid has resumed after months of stalling in Congress, but Kyiv says Western equipment often arrives too late to turn the tide of the war because conditions keep changing.

Russia meanwhile stoked alarm among its neighbors last week with a draft proposal from its defense ministry to change its maritime borders with Finland and Lithuania in January 2025.

The draft was uploaded to Russia's registry of laws on Tuesday but was later removed.

On Thursday, Tallinn officials said Moscow had removed 24 of 50 buoys marking Russia's borders with Estonia on the Narva River. The officials said Russia had been contesting the buoys' locations.

On Sunday, six NATO nations — Norway, Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania — said they'd construct a unified " drone wall " with unmanned aerial vehicles and more advanced technologies to strengthen their borders.

Their concerns aren't just centered on a full-scale Russian invasion. Finland, for example, said Russia had been trying to overwhelm Finnish border officials with waves of migrants trying to enter its borders.

Norway, Finland, Estonia, and Latvia share land borders with mainland Russia, and Poland and Lithuania share land borders with Belarus, a close ally of the Kremlin.

Correction: May 27, 2024 — A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that Poland was once part of the Soviet Union. This story has also been updated to reflect comments from the Polish and Estonian defense ministries.

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