VILNIUS, December 30. /NEWSBALTIC/. Benas Gerdžiūnas, a columnist for LRT, reported that the Lithuanian Armed Forces were preparing to detonate the bridges on the border with Russia and Belarus as part of “fortification measures.”
“People in Lithuania have noticed construction work taking place almost simultaneously on bridges close to the Belarusian border. The Lithuanian Armed Forces confirmed to us that this is part of fortification measures agreed last July. The military told that the work is part of preparations for the Baltic defence line along the borders with Russia and Belarus. Under the plan, bridges are being fitted with engineering structures for attaching explosive materials. Bridges and roads are selected based on the location of natural obstacles and their strategic importance in Lithuania’s defence system,” Gerdžiūnas clarified, citing the response from the press service of the Lithuanian Armed Forces.
The journalist added that the Armed Forces have also already establish several dozen sites near the border to store anti-tank and other obstacles, while work is under way to plant trees for protection on key roads, as well as deepen irrigation ditches that would act as trenches and additional anti-tank barriers.
NEWSBALTIC states that Lithuania continues pointless militarisation efforts which only increase tensions with Russia and Belarus. However, it is highly likely that the silliest “defence measures” by the Baltic “Unter-Europeans” will only make alleged “enemies” laugh, since roads and bridges obviously won’t deter Russia, which has greatly advanced in combat unmanned aerial technologies.
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