Enemy trains are being monitored in Lithuania/Realist.online
Lithuanian helicopters escort Russian trains bound for the Kaliningrad region. This is to make sure that the trains of the aggressor country do not stop and do not unload anything.
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NATO is concerned about the Polish-Lithuanian border region between Kaliningrad and Belarus. This territory is called the Suvalka Corridor.
Why Lithuania is watching Russian trains
The West is worried that Russia, which has annexed Crimea, may seize the border region that would connect Kaliningrad with Belarus.
The former deputy mayor of the city of Suwalki, Eva Sidorek, said that local residents panicked when Russia attacked Ukraine. Anxiety in the region escalated in June, when Russia and Lithuania entered into a dispute over the transit of goods to Kaliningrad.
According to the Lithuanian Railways, about 250 Russian trains passed through Lithuania every month last year. In June of this year, the Lithuanian authorities began to impose EU restrictions, blocking the transport of some sanctioned goods on the railway line.
Lithuanian border guards are now flying four times as many patrols as they were in 2020, and other helicopters are taking part in military exercises, according to a spokesman for the Interior Ministry.
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Lithuania restricted the transit of Russian goods to Kaliningrad for Russia.
After that, the representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova stated that the Kremlin “finished preparing its response to the blockade of Kaliningrad” . Like, if the goods do not start to pass, then Russia “will introduce tough measures against Lithuania and the EU”
Political experts believe that the Kremlin wants to strike at Lithuania.
Founder of the Belarusian telegram channel Gajun” Anton Motolko noted that soon we can expect another ugly step towards Lithuania and from Lukashenko, Putin's henchman.
