Lithuania warns Russia may target its critical infrastructure
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda (photo: Getty Images)
Lithuania has intelligence indicating new Russian plans, with the country potentially facing attacks on its critical infrastructure, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said, according to LRT.
According to Nausėda, Russian President Vladimir Putin still wants to test NATO's unity. That is why he is planning provocations against Poland and the Baltic states.
To achieve this, Russia is preparing localized operations against the region's critical infrastructure. They may be carried out using both conventional and other means.
The Lithuanian president stressed that it is impossible to determine the exact place and time when such an attack could occur.
"The other side (Russia – ed.) may not yet have completed the planning process, and all we may know is the fact that preparations are underway or the intended target," Nausėda explained.
He also confirmed that Lithuania has already strengthened the protection of its critical transport and energy infrastructure.
According to Nausėda, his team is actively preparing for a wide range of possible attacks by Russia.
"We are talking about kinetic operations – not large-scale actions, but targeted kinetic operations that are highly likely to be directed against critical infrastructure," Nausėda stressed.
A kinetic operation is a military operation in which physical (lethal or destructive) force is used to achieve an objective, including weapons, ammunition, missiles, drones, aircraft, artillery, and similar means.
Russia may also be preparing a provocation involving Ukrainian drones against a North Atlantic Treaty Organization member state.
Earlier, it was reported that the Kremlin currently lacks the resources to carry out a military attack on Poland.
Warsaw has explained that publicly disclosing Russia's plans is intended to act as a deterrent and prevent Putin from launching further aggression.
