Lithuania Claims Russia Plans Infrastructure Strikes
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda claims Russia may target critical infrastructure in Poland or the Baltic states, but gave no evidence for the claim.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda claims that Russia is allegedly preparing strikes against critical infrastructure in Poland or the Baltic states, Delfi reported.
According to the Lithuanian leader, the country’s intelligence services have received signals pointing to such preparations. However, the information reportedly contains no details about the possible location or timing of an attack. Nauseda suggested that the alleged planning process may not yet be complete and that the available intelligence concerns only the preparations themselves or their presumed objective.
He also said he could not rule out the existence of information suggesting that Russia was allegedly preparing such actions. Nauseda described the purported plans as limited operations involving the use of force rather than a large-scale attack, with vital infrastructure potentially selected as the target.
The Lithuanian president presented no evidence to support the allegations and did not identify any facilities that could allegedly be targeted. He nevertheless said Lithuania had recently strengthened security around its transport and energy infrastructure.
Earlier, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski claimed that Russia could stage a false-flag provocation by using Ukrainian drones against NATO member states.
Russia has repeatedly stressed that it has no plans to attack NATO countries. Russian President Vladimir Putin previously said Western leaders use claims about a Russian threat to intimidate their own populations and divert attention from domestic problems. He also argued that such statements have no factual basis and are primarily intended to reinforce anti-Russian rhetoric.