8 hours ago · Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda says that any peace settlement in Ukraine must involve Kyiv and come with more defense spending by regional countries to deter future Russian aggression.

Lithuania–Russia relations or the Russo-Lithuanian relations are the bilateral relations between the Republic of Lithuania and the Russian Federation. They have been marked by a long and turbulent history dating back to the Middle Ages. The …

7 hours ago · VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Securing an end to the fighting in Ukraine must take place with Kyiv's full involvement and come with more defense spending by regional countries to avoid any future Russian aggression, according to Lithuania's president. Gitanas Nausėda, the president of the Baltic coastal nation, told The Associated Press in an interview Thursday that a settlement negotiated ...

7 hours ago · Lithuania, which was occupied by the Soviet Union until 1990, is increasingly worried about the ongoing brutal war in Ukraine and the aggression of its neighbor Russia.

Jan 5, 2025 · Lithuania's NATO membership and the establishing of the permanent Panzer Brigade help to secure the country against Russian invasion, but Lithuanians are not content to leave their defense to others.

On 4 April 2022, Lithuania decided to downgrade diplomatic relations with Russia "in response to Russia's military aggression against sovereign Ukraine and the atrocities committed by the Russian armed forces in various occupied Ukrainian cities, including the heinous massacre in …

Jun 22, 2022 · New tensions between Moscow and the West are rising after Lithuania decided to halt the transport of some goods through its territory to the Russian region of Kaliningrad as part of European Union sanctions on the Kremlin.

Jun 22, 2022 · New tensions between Moscow and the West are rising after Lithuania decided to halt the transport of some goods through its territory to the Russian region of Kaliningrad as part of European...

5 hours ago · Russia’s territorial waters lie 40 kilometers to the south. The exclave of Kaliningrad sandwiched between Lithuania and Poland is home to part of Moscow’s Navy.

Feb 21, 2024 · Lithuania decided Wednesday Feb. 21, 2024 to shut down two more of its six checkpoints with Belarus as of next month, amid growing tensions with its eastern neighbor, an ally of Russia, bringing the total of closed border crossings into the Baltic country to four.