Russia threatens Lithuania for the “blockade of Kaliningrad”/Channel 24 collage
Russia threatens Lithuania with “measures” because of the blockade of the delivery of goods to the Kaliningrad region. The Ministry of Internal Affairs says that this is purely intimidation, because the Russians now do not have the opportunity to start a war against a NATO country.
This was told on the air of the All-Ukrainian telethon by the adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Vadym Denisenko. Russia will not launch an attack on Lithuania, especially given that the US has already made a statement that it will comply with the clause of the NATO agreement on supporting an Alliance member in the event of an attack.
The US has already made a statement about Lithuania
Therefore, the Russians can wave their fists, bang their shoes on the table, say that they have thousands of nuclear warheads, but they will not go beyond these words. The only thing they will definitely do is use energy blackmail,” Denisenko explained.
The Kremlin will say that they can now cut off gas and oil supplies to Europe. However, Denisenko noted, this would be “a shot in the foot”, because Moscow does not have the opportunity to stop pumping gas now.
The main number of gas storage facilities in Russia is overflowing. So the Russians have nowhere to put their gas, and it is physically impossible to redirect it. The only way out is to burn it.
Lithuania extends transit ban
It should be noted that after Russia's threats towards Lithuania about “unleashed hands”, Vilnius went even further. In addition to the ban on railway transportation of sanctioned goods, automobile exports have also been banned.
At the border of Lithuania and Belarus, there is already a queue of trucks that Lithuanian border guards are deploying.
Pay attention! Meanwhile, the Kremlin sent a messenger to Kaliningrad to deal with the situation. The secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolay Patrushev became them. Moscow says that the trip was planned in advance, but confirms that Patrushev will have a meeting with Governor Anton Alikhanov.
The countercurrent between Russia and Lithuania due to the blockade of Kaliningrad
- Lithuania fulfills the condition of the EU sanctions package , banning the transit of certain Russian goods through its territory.
- The Kremlin says that this is a “violation of everyone and everything” and threatens Vilnius with retaliatory measures and even “decided hands”.
- To scare Lithuanians, Russians began training in the Kaliningrad region. They will train across NATO territory from Grads and Hyacinths.
