Lithuania Warns Russia May Be Planning Targeted Attacks on Critical Infrastructure

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Lithuania’s president says Russia could be looking to escalate against one of the Baltic countries or Poland

Meanwhile, Lithuania’s president Gitanas Nausėda warned that Russia could be planning attacks on infrastructure, with security around energy and transport sites to be tightened as a precaution.

Speaking with BNS news agency, Nausėda appeared to confirm growing concerns , reported in the Guardian too, that Russia could be looking to escalate against one of the Baltic countries or Poland.

“ I cannot deny that we have such information and that it concerns kinetic operations – not on a large scale, but targeted kinetic operations that are very likely to be directed against critical infrastructure.”

“ Anything that could stop these facilities from functioning is important because they matter not only in themselves but also because they ensure the functioning of the entire system, particularly our synchronisation with the continental European electricity grid.”

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