Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys said that the Baltic states have three scenarios with Russia, calling for containing the aggressive state.
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The head of the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry, during a joint press conference with the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Andriy Sybiha in Kyiv, answered the question of how Vilnius assesses the Russian Federation’s plan to destabilize or attack his state.
Budrys was also asked to assess the threat of a Russian attack on the Baltic countries, NBN reports, citing the publication European Pravda.
According to him, the intelligence community of NATO members has come to the conclusion that Russia is a real direct military threat to the Alliance in the long term. The minister assured that Moscow has been preparing for confrontation with the bloc for years.
The diplomat noted that, given Putin’s intention to dominate Europe, it is necessary to ensure containment of the aggressor country, which will remain a neighbor of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs specified that the Baltic states have three options – war with the Russian Federation, a threat to Russia, or occupation. In the absence of containment, military action will begin, because the Kremlin wants to subjugate its neighbors.
Let us recall that the British publication found out why Western sanctions leave Russia with the strength to fight against Ukraine.