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The information on the army's page alleges that 'Sword-Stroke' - the NATO military drills going on in Poland and the Baltic - are actually a preparation for the annexation of Kaliningrad, Russia's westernmost city, sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania, which separates it from mainland Russia.
Lithuanian defense ministry spokesman, Victoria Cemenite, confirmed to the Delfi news agency that a hack has in fact occurred, and that the false information has since been removed from the website.
Later, the information was quickly removed from the website of the Lithuanian Armed Forces. A spokesperson of the country's Defense Ministry said the incident was a hacker attack and currently all details are being investigated.
Meanwhile, around 2,100 servicemen from nine NATO member states grouped in the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) are taking part in military exercises in northwestern Poland.
Later this summer, "Allied Shield" will be also held in Poland and involve 14,000 troops from 19 NATO members and three partner nations.
Reader Comments
How in the world could anyone convince Lithuania to start a shooting war with Russia? Who sold out their country for a pile of gold?
As Ted wrote above, "insanity is infectious". The source of much insanity in today's world is within the US foreign policy related establishments, e.g., State Department, DoD, CIA, PNAC, and/or other radical/reactionary organizations/"think tanks"/whatever. Many in those organizations are chomping at the bit to create/maintain tensions/hostilities with Russia and whomever else they consider to be a hindrance to the establishment of US hegemony.
The NATO treaty requires the organization to come to the aid of any member state that is attacked by a non-member state. To the best of my understanding, there is NO fundamental caveat that specifies ". . . unless the member state that is attacked initiates/provokes the hostilities." Thus, it is not inconceivable to me that there may be political and/or military elements within even minor countries such as Lithuania who are convinced that NATO member states will stand behind them when they do foolish things in the foreign policy arena, especially when they are goaded into them by powerful people/organizations of the most powerful member of NATO.
I am not saying that the Lithuanian plans/policies described in the story are real, only that I don't consider their existence to be as improbable/ridiculous as they might at first appear to be.
It is not "kaliningrad". Instead it is Twangste, Sambia or Semba and it belongs to the Baltic tribes of Semba and Preusse as part of Western Europe along with Lithuania and the rest of the Baltic countries. It should be renamed to Twanxte or Sambia and made a separate republic or given back to Lithuania. Even some local younger Russians desire this resolution.






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