Lithuania Deploys Army to Kaliningrad Border After Belarus-Latvia Breach

Lithuania has announced the deployment of troops to reinforce its border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, citing concerns over potential military mobilization in Russia and renewed hybrid threats. This decision follows a high-profile security breach on the border between Latvia and Belarus this week, raising fears of increased aggression from neighboring countries.

According to Defense Minister Robertas Kaunas, around 100 soldiers will be deployed to guard the Lithuanian-Russian border over the next two weeks, as a preventive measure to counter "signals of a possible increase in aggressive foreigners." Despite these tensions, Lithuania's border security service maintains that the situation along the Kaliningrad border remains calm, with no illegal border crossings from neighboring Belarus over the past five days.

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