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New film highlights fear in Estonia, Finland and Sweden of Putin’s aims beyond Ukraine

PBS News Hour - Segments

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

The shift in U.S. support for Ukraine in its war with Russia, which enters its fourth year on Monday, has raised alarms in Kyiv and in capitals across Europe. A new documentary finds that those anxieties are especially high in some of Russia’s neighbors on the Baltic Sea. John Yang speaks with NBC News producer Joel Seidman and correspondent Kevin Tibbles for more about their film. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

The shift in U.S. support for Ukraine and its war with Russia, which enters its fourth year

0:05.2

tomorrow, has raised alarms not only in Kiev but in capitals across Europe.

0:10.3

A new documentary finds that those anxieties are especially high in some of Russia's neighbors

0:15.2

on the Baltic Sea, Estonia, Finland, and Sweden.

0:19.4

Every day we're working to get this message over to Russia that even if you try,

0:26.4

we will make you pay.

0:28.5

Russia invaded one of their neighbors.

0:31.7

So it was quite an awakening for the whole Swedish society and and of course the Swedish strong forces.

0:38.3

Yeah, at least in this part of the world, we would be ready to fight tomorrow.

0:42.3

The film is called Putin's Endgame, The Stakes Beyond Ukraine.

0:46.3

It was produced in partnership with the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center.

0:49.3

It's the work of two veterans of NBC News, producer Joel Seidman and correspondent Kevin

0:55.2

Tibbles.

0:56.2

Kevin, I'd like to start with you.

0:58.0

In the film, we see you going, traveling through these countries, asking a lot of people

1:01.8

the same question.

1:03.4

What if Putin wins in Ukraine?

1:07.0

I want to play a little bit of you talking to two young men about this in Estonia.

1:11.6

What happens to Estonia if Putin wins Ukraine?

1:16.6

We never thought about it, actually.

1:18.6

Why?

1:19.6

I don't know.

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