VILNIUS: The Baltic states on Tuesday said they had notified Russia and its ally Belarus of their decision to decouple from the Soviet-era power grid in February 2025.

The move marked a major step in achieving energy independence from Moscow for staunch Ukraine supporters Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which were once ruled by the Soviet Union but are now in the EU and NATO.

All three nations have had tense relations with Moscow following independence, and ties have further deteriorated since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

“We will cut the last energy ties with Russia,” Rokas Masiulis, head of Lithuania’s state-run…