Kremlin warns Lithuania against hosting Western nuclear weapons
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Lithuania would be in Russia’s nuclear sights if NATO weapons are placed there, as lawmakers voted 7-2 on the change.
- On Friday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov warned Lithuania that the Baltic nation will be "in the sights of our nuclear weapons" if it lifts its constitutional ban on nuclear deployments.
- Lithuania's parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs voted 7-2 on Wednesday, Sept. 9, advancing constitutional amendments that would enable NATO to deploy nuclear forces on its territory.
- Lithuania borders Russia's Kaliningrad exclave and Belarus, where Moscow deployed nuclear-capable Oreshnik missiles in December 2025, intensifying regional tensions.
- In July, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda cited "changing geopolitical circumstances" to justify the review, with parties aiming for a final decision on the nuclear ban in early 2027.
- Russia previously deployed nuclear weapons to Belarus in June 2023, and joint nuclear war drills involving Belarusian military units occurred in May, establishing a pattern of regional military escalation.
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Vladimir Putin's press spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, warns that Russia will point nuclear weapons at Lithuania if the country places Western nuclear weapons on its territory.
On Friday, 11 September, the Kremlin spokesman reacted to the Baltic country's plan to lift its constitutional ban on the storage of nuclear weapons on its soil.
Lithuania’s renewed nuclear posturing revives old fears buried since the Soviet collapse
Lithuania's parliament is preparing to strip a Cold War-era safeguard from its constitution, a provision that has kept weapons of mass destruction off Baltic soil since their independence. Speaker Juozas Olekas confirmed the government intends to remove that ban in early 2027, opening a legal pathway for nuclear weapons to be stationed inside the small nation that borders both Russia's Kaliningrad exclave and its ally Belarus. The distrustful mo…
On Friday, 11 September, the Kremlin warned Lithuania that a possible deployment of nuclear weapons on its territory would place the Baltic State in the sights of Russian nuclear weapons. Lithuania has been considering amending its Constitution since last summer in order to be able to store such weapons on its soil.
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