President Gitanas Nauseda confirmed the military planes violated Lithuania’s air space on Thursday evening, and said the breach was a blatant infraction on the territorial integrity of the country, which is a member of both the EU and Nato.
The foreign ministry will summon Russian embassy representatives in Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital, to protest over the violation, Mr Nauseda said. “This is a blatant breach of international law and territorial integrity of Lithuania,” he wrote. “Once again, it confirms the importance of strengthening European air defence readiness.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said that Russian military planes violated Lithuania’s airspace on Thursday evening (local time), condemning the breach as a blatant infraction on the territorial integrity of his European Union and NATO-member country.
Lithuania’s foreign ministry will summon Russian Embassy representatives in Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital, to protest the violation, Nausėda said in a post on the social media platform X.
“This is a blatant breach of international law and territorial integrity of Lithuania,” Nausėda wrote on X. “Once again, it confirms the importance of strengthening European air defence readiness.”
There was no immediate comment from Moscow.
The Baltic nations are increasingly worried by neighbouring Russia’s aggression on Ukraine, as a series of mysterious drone incidents and airspace violations by Russian war planes in recent weeks have fuelled concerns that President Vladimir Putin might be testing NATO’s defensive reflexes.
