Lithuania, the next goal of Vladimir Putin? In any case, it is the opinion of David Petraeus, former director of the CIA, who considers that the Russian president will not limit his expansionist suggestions to Ukraine alone.
“If this happens (the end of the war in Ukraine, the editor’s note), Vladimir Putin will go to one of the Baltic states,” said Policy Exchange on Thursday, May 29.
“Lithuania occupies an important place in his speeches. We should listen to it with much more attention,” he added.
The weakness of the EU of Suwałki?
Former member of the Soviet block, Lithuania is a member of NATO and the European Union. The country shares a border with the Russian enclave in Kalinningrad, to the west, and with Belarus, ally of Moscow, to the east.
On the border between Lithuania and Poland, the Suwałki corridor, an unpleasant area of 65 kilometers long that joins Belarus with Kaliningrad, is a possible weak point of the EU in the case of a Russian offensive, according to David Petraeus.
“When he was asked that he would have been the worst geopolitical disaster of the twentieth century, he (Vladimir Putin) could have chosen World War I, World War II or the Great Depression. But his response was: the collapse of the Soviet Union. This illustrates his efforts, fueled by resentment and revenue, he modified the existing edges and the international order,” said the former Soldier 2011 and 2012.
Lithuania, as the First Soviet Republic to proclaim its independence on March 11, 1990, could be the first to pay the appetite price of Russian President.
Several senior officials have recently warned about a possible Russian offensive against an NATO member. The “threat is real,” said British Cabinet Chief last week. Russia could address NATO “within 5 to 8 years”, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius at the beginning of the year.
Source: BFM TV
