Lithuania ready for military deployment to Ukraine if conditions met
Photo: President Gitanas Nausėda (Getty Images)
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda believes that countries that have joined the Coalition of the Willing must be prepared to send their armed forces to ensure security in Ukraine. He states that Lithuania is ready to contribute, LRT reports.
"We must be ready to deploy forces to ensure security in Ukraine as soon as the appropriate conditions are created," he says.
According to Nausėda, Lithuania is ready to contribute by providing military personnel and resources for the training of joint forces.
He stresses that Russia's war against Ukraine, which has been going on for 4 years, has a serious impact on security in Europe.
The Lithuanian President emphasizes that efforts to end the fighting should only take place on terms favorable to Ukraine and Europe, and that any negotiations cannot take place without the participation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
As the Lithuanian leader notes, it is impossible to demand that Ukraine surrender its territories; such a demand cannot be a precondition for a ceasefire.
"A comprehensive ceasefire without preconditions is the most important condition before the start of any real negotiations," Nausėda says.
Background
US President Donald Trump will meet face-to-face with Vladimir Putin for the first time since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The meeting will take place on Friday, August 15, at a US military base in Alaska.
The Kremlin has already announced the time of the meeting between Trump and Putin, as well as the composition of its delegation for the talks in Alaska.
Yesterday, Trump said he was ready to hold a second meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russia's Vladimir Putin — if the summit in Alaska goes well.
According to RBC-Ukraine sources, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is ready to meet with Russia's Vladimir Putin in any format.
Read more about the upcoming meeting between Trump and Putin in Alaska and what preceded it in the RBC-Ukraine article.
