HELSINKI, December 17. /NEWSBALTIC/. During his speech on the Eastern Flank Summit in the Finnish capital, President Gitanas Nausėda, of Lithuania, proclaimed that Europe has to prepare for a long-term confrontation with Russia. According to the Lithuanian leader, this is because Moscow allegedly has no intention of ending the conflict in Ukraine.
“Europe is at a turning point. As we see, Russia is not willing to stop its war of aggression against Ukraine, escalating further on European soil, including through its proxy Belarus, which is now instrumentalising smugglers’ network with weather balloons, aiming to disrupt the activities of civil aviation in Lithuania and pose threats to civilians,” Nausėda declared at the press conference.
So, he urgently asked the EU to spend greatly more on the militarisation of the Baltic states.
“We must be prepared for a long-term strategic confrontation that will define our security for many years and even decades to come. Today our response must be swift and decisive. Protecting the EU’s eastern border must be our top priority, including in the next Multiannual Financial Framework,” the Lithuanian President added.
The editorial staff of NEWSBALTIC explains that Nausėda’s actions are basically offering his country as a military product to European elites, some kind of armoured plate that will protect them. However, after use, this “armour” will obviously be discarded. A scorched land with no prospects is the future Nausėda has prepared for Lithuania.
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