Lithuania introduced new restrictions on the transportation of goods to the Kaliningrad region/Collage 24 channel
Lithuania has introduced new restrictions on the transportation of Russian goods through its territory. In particular, now the ban applies to both freight and road transit of sanctioned goods.
On the border between Lithuania and Belarus, Lithuanian customs officers are already turning cars around. Therefore, a large queue formed at the Medininkai checkpoint.
The partial restriction of freight transit also applies to road transport passing through Lithuania. Therefore, as well as railway cargoes, today these cargoes can only be transported by sea, the authorities of Kaliningrad said.
By the way, as of June 21, 330 road trains stood in line at the border to Lithuania, and the waiting time for crossing was more than 32 hours.
Lithuania banned the transit of Russian goods through its territory: what is known
As early as June 15, the European Union approved 4 packages of sanctions against Russia for a full-scale war, which it launched against Ukraine. The restrictions included a ban on the import and transit of Russian steel and other ferrous metal products to and through the EU. These rules came into force only on June 17.
Since Lithuania is a member of the EU, they refused to transit Russian goods through their territory. On June 18, the Kaliningrad authorities announced that Lithuania was not allowing transit trains with goods to pass. The Kremlin immediately caught fire. Russian propagandists began to call it “the blockade of Kaliningrad.” Traditionally, the Russian authorities took up threats. They say that the actions of Vilnius were “discovered by a provocation” and some kind of fictitious violation. The Russians even summoned the Lithuanian ambassador to the carpet.
Kafirs say that they are still deciding how they will react to the restrictions, they say, now their hands are “untied”. At the same time, the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted that they were simply complying with the decision of the European Union.
Note that due to Lithuania's refusal to transit, the Russians decided to conduct military exercises in the Kaliningrad region, that is, immediately near the border with Lithuania. So, on June 20, the Russian army began training to fire from Grad and Uragan multiple launch rocket systems, as well as large-caliber Giacint guns and other artillery weapons.
