Lithuanian leader warns that Putin will not stop in Ukraine if Russian advance is not stopped
US secretary of state Antony Blinken speaks during a joint news conference with Latvian foreign minister Edgars Rinkevics in Riga, Latvia. March 7 2022. Picture: OLIVIER DOULIERY/REUTERS
Addressing Blinken, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda warned that “Russia’s reckless aggression” could lead to a “third world war”. Blinken later met Latvia's foreign minister Edgars Rinkevics in Riga on Monday as well as the prime minister and president. Rinkevics called for a permanent presence of US troops in the Baltic country.
Nato countries have ramped up their presence in the Baltic nations and more troops and equipment are on the way, policymakers have announced. About 400 US troops from the First Armored Brigade Combat Team would be arriving in Lithuania in the coming days, Blinken said. “Energy sources which we import pay for the Russian military operation. We cannot pay for oil and gas with the blood of Ukraine,” foreign minister Gabrielius Landsbergis told a joint news conference with Blinken.
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