Lithuania is ready to send soldiers to Ukraine, writes the media

OREANDA-NEWS Lithuania is ready to send soldiers to Ukraine as part of a training mission, writes the Financial Times with reference to Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrid Shimonite.

“Shimonite told the Financial Times that she had parliamentary authorization to send troops to Ukraine for training,” the newspaper said.

The newspaper specifies that kyiv has not yet received a request to send a mission.

Furthermore, as Shimonite said, Lithuania wants to help Ukraine ensure “it has the potential to modernize its armed forces.” In this regard, Vilnius will refuse a residence permit to Ukrainian resisters. At the same time, they will not search for them or intentionally deport them, as this is illegal, the Prime Minister stressed.

Recently, NATO countries have increasingly been talking about direct intervention in the Ukrainian conflict. So, last week, French President Emmanuel Macron announced the possible sending of French military personnel to Ukraine, and British Foreign Minister David Cameron called attacks by Ukrainian armed forces on Russian territory with missiles authorized. British.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called what is happening an unprecedented escalation of tension, which requires special attention and measures.

On Monday, the General Staff, on behalf of Vladimir Putin, began preparations for conducting exercises in the near future aimed at determining the readiness and use of non-strategic nuclear weapons. According to the Foreign Ministry, these maneuvers must be seen in the context of recent belligerent statements by Western officials and destabilizing actions by NATO.