„We do not need to be scared – we definitely have enough information and tracking tools both ourselves and from our allies to know how to prepare to prevent this,“ said the Speaker of the Seimas on the LRT show „Dienos tema“ on Thursday.
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„All the steps of politicians, the Seimas, and the Government today, allocating resources to defense, coordinating their actions with allies, make Lithuania safer like never before,“ he noted.
According to J. Olekas, „with such an aggressor“ anything can happen, but Lithuania’s steps in defense ensure that it is increasingly difficult to violate the state borders.
„It is important that both the Lithuanian army, our allies, the incoming German army brigade, and the Americans who are with us send a signal that we are ready to minimize any possible provocations,“ emphasized the Speaker of the Seimas.
He spoke this way after the media reported on Thursday that Lithuanian military intelligence has data that Russia is considering attacks in the Baltic region against critical infrastructure, using captured Ukrainian drones to mislead.
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No further information is published about specific possible targets or attack times.
Minister of National Defense Robertas Kaunas said that Moscow has not made a specific decision regarding an attack, while Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius reassured the public by noting that the threat level has not drastically changed.
BNS wrote that since June 18, the army has been supporting the Public Security Service in protecting the liquefied natural gas terminal in Klaipėda, the „LitPol Link“ electricity substation in Alytus, the transformer station in Alytus district, and the Kruonis pumped storage hydroelectric plant.
By order of R. Kaunas, this protection was extended in July until August 19.
