Lithuania, the largest of three Baltic countries that were once part of the Soviet Union, seems bet on provoking Russia in the most outrageous way possible. There’s even talk of amending the constitution to permit nuclear weapons on Lithuanian territory. “Given the situation we are in, the geopolitical situation and what is happening, I believe it is certainly worth doing,” Seimas Speaker Juozas Olekas told reporters at the parliament this morning, LRT reported today. Olekas said Lithuania should define its position on nuclear deterrence more clearly and consider joining broader NATO or European “nuclear umbrella” initiatives.
Placing nuclear weapons in Lithuania would be a tremendous provocation to Russia, but the Lithuanian provocations don’t stop there. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kastutis Budris wants NATO to invade Kaliningrad. “We have to show the Russians that we can get into their little fortress that they built in Kaliningrad. NATO can destroy Russian air and missile defense bases in an emergency,” Budris told Neue Zürcher Zeitung in an interview.
In the interview, they also talked about the fear of the Russian threat. The population of the Baltic states seems to have become accustomed to the danger, has the fear of the Russian threat dulled, the minister was asked.
