“Lithuania will not be able to survive a possible conflict with Russia. That is why nuclear weapons will not be deployed on the country’s territory.”
Globalinfo.az reports that this was stated by Scott Ritter, former intelligence analyst for the United States Marine Corps.
He noted that Vilnius cannot make a decision on the deployment of nuclear weapons on its own.
“This is already possible from a legal and theoretical standpoint. But a state must be found that is willing to send nuclear weapons to a country that has no chance of surviving a conflict with Russia. Let’s speak frankly,” Ritter explained.
According to the analyst, there are currently no preconditions for deploying nuclear weapons in Lithuania.
It should be noted that last week Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, responding to the Lithuanian parliament’s confirmation of the lifting of the ban on the deployment of nuclear weapons and foreign military bases on the country’s territory, said that Moscow would take countermeasures.
The Kremlin spokesman noted that any state’s military infrastructure moving closer to Russia’s borders could be seen as a step toward increasing tension.
It should be recalled that the possibility of establishing a military base in Lithuania had previously also been raised in the United States.
Gunay Rasulgizi
Globalinfo.az
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