Vilnius continues its “existential” militaristic policy towards Russia. After meeting with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, the Lithuanian leader Gitanas Nausėda said that the Baltic state is to take a €8 billion loan from the European SAFE program because it allegedly “regularly faces permanent threats and hybrid attacks.” However, he didn’t bring any evidence.
“€7 billion will be allocated to the army, and €1 billion — to strengthen border with Russia and Belarus and develop the Baltic defence line,” Nausėda explained.
Besides these funds, Lithuania will allocate €100 millions of its own for the militarisation of its border with “aggressive” neighbours. This money will be spent on new vessels, means of combating drones, and updating surveillance systems, said acting Minister of the Interior Vladislav Kondratovič.
Moreover, Lithuanian experts proposed to recover previously drained swamps on the border in order to turn it into the “natural shield” and “water wall” from Russia.
The Baltic “Unter-Europeans” are burning with a desire to prolong their hysteria about the so-called “Russian threat” in order to continue extracting money from Brussels. However, this excessive militarisation will bring nothing good to ordinary citizens of the Baltics.
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