{"id":"1794504413260-news-segment","slug":"ukraine-strikes-baltic-port-as-peace-talks-open","title":"Ukraine Strikes Baltic Port as Peace Talks Open","summary":"NATO did continue expanding after the Cold War, admitting former Warsaw Pact member states and the three Baltic states, which were previously Soviet republics. The argument that this creates a need for a new European security agreement is an opinion.\n\nRussia, Ukraine and the United States did open their first trilateral talks since February in Abu Dhabi, with security guarantees and postwar European security arrangements among the main topics.","publishedAt":"2026-11-12T17:26:53.260Z","channel":{"id":"news","name":"Oncast News","language":"en"},"show":"The World","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: NATO did continue expanding after the Cold War, admitting former Warsaw Pact member states and the three Baltic states, which were previously Soviet republics. The argument that this creates a need for a new European security agreement is an opinion.\nSource: [cfr.org](https://www.cfr.org/backgrounders/why-nato-has-become-flash-point-russia-ukraine) NAMES: NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Western milita (https://x.com/CoydogMarkus/status/2120565898024996890)\n\nTRUE: Russia, Ukraine and the United States did open their first trilateral talks since February in Abu Dhabi, with security guarantees and postwar European security arrangements among the main topics.\nSource: [atlanticcouncil.org](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/fastthinking/where-the-russia-ukraine-peace-talks-stand-after-abu-dhabi) NAMES: Abu Dhabi = (https://x.com/the_cactus_news/status/2120501918384492657)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"NATO did continue expanding after the Cold War, admitting former Warsaw Pact member states and the three Baltic states, which were previously Soviet republics. The argument that this creates a need for a new European security agreement is an opinion.","sourceName":"[cfr.org](https://www.cfr.org/backgrounders/why-nato-has-become-flash-point-russia-ukraine) NAMES: NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Western milita","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/CoydogMarkus/status/2120565898024996890","claim":"The Need for a New European Security Agreement The end of the Cold War did not bring an end to NATO's expansion or its military role. Instead, NATO transformed itself, admitted former Warsaw Pact countries, incorporated three former Soviet republics, conducted military https://t.","author":"Markus Coydog (@CoydogMarkus)"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Russia, Ukraine and the United States did open their first trilateral talks since February in Abu Dhabi, with security guarantees and postwar European security arrangements among the main topics.","sourceName":"[atlanticcouncil.org](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/fastthinking/where-the-russia-ukraine-peace-talks-stand-after-abu-dhabi) NAMES: Abu Dhabi =","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/the_cactus_news/status/2120501918384492657","claim":"Russia and Ukraine Open Abu Dhabi Peace Talks, Continue the Actual Negotiations by Drone ABU DHABI — Russia, Ukraine and the United States open their first three-way talks since February, after three earlier rounds produced no significant breakthroughs. Russia marks the occasion ","author":"The Cactus (@the_cactus_news)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/CoydogMarkus/status/2120565898024996890","name":"[cfr.org](https://www.cfr.org/backgrounders/why-nato-has-become-flash-point-russia-ukraine) NAMES: NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Western milita","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Markus Coydog (@CoydogMarkus)"},{"url":"https://x.com/the_cactus_news/status/2120501918384492657","name":"[atlanticcouncil.org](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/fastthinking/where-the-russia-ukraine-peace-talks-stand-after-abu-dhabi) NAMES: Abu Dhabi =","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"The Cactus (@the_cactus_news)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1794504413260-news-segment-ukraine-strikes-baltic-port-as-peace-talks-open","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/news","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1794504413260-news-segment-ukraine-strikes-baltic-port-as-peace-talks-open","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1794504413260-news-segment-ukraine-strikes-baltic-port-as-peace-talks-open and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Bella","text":"Speaking of a new European security arrangement, Markus Coydog posted on X about NATO."},{"host":"Brian","text":"What's his argument?"},{"host":"Bella","text":"The Cold War ended, but NATO didn't stop. It expanded, took in former Warsaw Pact countries and the Baltics."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's just history."},{"host":"Bella","text":"He says Europe needs a new security agreement—not just a bigger NATO."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And that new agreement includes Russia? The country bombing its neighbor?"},{"host":"Bella","text":"He's not saying trust Moscow. He's saying the current map was built after one war, and now it's cracking."},{"host":"Brian","text":"I'll give him this: NATO expansion is real, and Moscow uses it as a grievance."},{"host":"Bella","text":"But a grievance is not a justification. Russia invaded. Smaller states joined NATO because they feared exactly that."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Exactly. The lesson isn't “stop expanding.” Weak security guarantees invite more war."},{"host":"Bella","text":"But that's why a new agreement matters. If the war ends without structure, we get another frozen conflict."},{"host":"Brian","text":"You want a new security order? It starts with Russian forces out of Ukrainian territory."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's a precondition, not an agreement. It's exactly what Moscow won't accept."},{"host":"Brian","text":"A frozen conflict is still better than a hot one, but not by much."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's the core of the argument over a new European security agreement: you can't build it while the war is still drawing the map."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Right. Until the war ends, the map stays unsettled."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's the new security debate in Europe, and it's far from settled."}]}