Three months of war: Lithuania has realized that NATO membership alone does not guarantee security
Everyday bombing
“I have decided to carry out a special military operation. “I urge you to agree to put your weapons up and go home,” Putin said.
But it soon became clear that Russian soldiers should go home. Missiles and bombs ravaged cities, but Ukrainians will defend. Russian soldiers stalled.
“I was sure that the Ukrainians would not give up the speculation in three days. It seems to me that it is inconceivable how much people value freedom and how much they are willing to defend themselves, ”said the Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė.
Civilians also stopped the occupiers with their bare hands. Ukrainian farmers recaptured Russian troops and dragged tanks to their troops.
“The countries have seen and Ukraine has shown that it is capable of withstanding half of the country’s strong security strong state,” said Arvydas Anušauskas, Minister of National Affairs.
Kyjiv is protected not only from Russian soldiers, but also from airstrikes.
“It simply came to our notice then. How much can we fight? I would like peace, “said a resident of Kyjiv.
Many offices and shops are open, but barricades are not available.
“We realized that we are useful here, not somewhere with a vending machine that we do not know how to use. why are we just working, ”said another resident of Kyiv.
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Ukrainians are sweeping postage stamps with the famous sending of a Russian warship to Snake Island.
“Ukrainians want this postage stamp. It symbolizes Ukraine’s victory. Even if it is a sunken Moscow, the Ukrainian said.
The cruelty of Russian soldiers
Even war has rules, but the world in Ukraine has seen Russia go to war.
Soldiers have been looting since the early days. Thousands of people killed and tortured were found during the recovery of Buča. Even babies were raped.
“On the Kremlin’s side, there are stories that the Russians are suffering and need to be rescued. It has already become clear to everyone that this is just a cover, and behind it is a desire to fight, to seize the land. It is based on some kind of complex that the Soviet Union collapsed, ”ru.delfi.lt chief. editor Oleg Yerofeyev.
Putin demanded that NATO’s concentrated forces in Eastern Europe never accept Ukraine. But the result is the opposite – the West supplies arms to Ukraine.
“It simply came to our notice then. I would like those processes to go faster. Because there are fears in Germany that support for weapons is not so smooth and fast, ”O. Jerofejev continued.
NATO has also joined
NATO is not only strengthening its defense in the Eastern members, but Finland and Sweden are joining NATO.
On the Kremlin side, stories that the Russians are suffering need to be saved. It has already become clear to everyone that this is just a cover, and behind it is a desire to fight, to seize the land.
“These are very important decisions,” said A. Anušauskas.
Western Europe, first of all Germany, separated itself from Russia in a few days. Before the war, the same calls made the Germans laugh.
“Germany will become completely dependent on Russian energy if it does not change course,” said former US President Donald Trump.
It now appears that Russia has been planning a war for a long time. Gazprom stopped filling gas storage facilities in Europe last summer, which pushed up prices. Europe has problems, and Russia has revenue.
“Ukraine’s war has many consequences for the economy, geopolitics and energy. Therefore, we cannot talk about the war in isolation, ”said Gitanas Nausėda, President of the Republic of Lithuania.
Former Commander of the Armed Forces Arvydas Pocius says that everyone understands that energy is one of the most important weapons of Russia.
“Blackmail with its energy resources, with gas, with oil. It was going on all the time, but now it has become obvious, ”was Arvydas Pocius, a former commander of the army and a member of the Seimas (TS-LKD).
The democratic world has united and supports Ukraine, and has imposed unseen sanctions on Russia. But China does not condemn Russia, blaming NATO for the war.
“People who ask what Russia will look like in the future should ask China. They are waiting for the ripe Russian apple to fall into their palms with all the resources, with all of Siberia, with all the possibilities. I think it is only a matter of time, “said A. Anušauskas.
According to all reports that Putin is seriously ill, the Ukrainians announce that a coup is maturing in Moscow, but it is not clear what is happening in the Kremlin after the West stops disclosing intelligence and Russia closes.
“Apparently, there is tension because there was one plan, but those goals were not achieved – to occupy Kyji and almost the whole of Ukraine,” Jerofeyev said.
One of the countries supporting Ukraine is Lithuania. Speaking with Lithuanian shooters, President Zelensky’s associate Oleksiy Arestovyčius said that Ukrainians would never forget this.