Kremlin warns Lithuania that its move to lift a nuclear arms ban risks further escalation
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‘Neither move would contribute to stability or predictability on the European continent,’ Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov tells briefing
Kremlin Warns Lithuania Lifting Nuclear Arms Ban Risks Escalation
The Kremlin on Tuesday warned that a preliminary decision by NATO member Lithuania to lift a constitutional ban on hosting nuclear arms on its territory could lead to a new round of escalation in the region.
Kremlin warns Lithuania that its move to lift a nuclear arms ban risks further escalation
The Kremlin on Tuesday warned that a preliminary decision by NATO member Lithuania to lift a constitutional ban on hosting nuclear arms on its territory could lead to a new round of escalation in the region.
If a NATO military base and nuclear weapons were to be deployed in Lithuania, Russia would see it as another spiral of escalation and would have to react, as reported to journalists by Russian President Dmitry Peskov's press secretary...
LITHUANIA initiates the lifting of the constitutional ban on nuclear weapons, and the Kremlin warns that this move and the strengthening of NATO will cause a new escalation in Europe.
Russia will be forced to take all necessary measures to guarantee its security against the background of Lithuania's plans to lift the ban on the deployment of nuclear weapons, declared President Dmitry Peskov's press secretary. "Of course, Russia will be forced to take all necessary measures to guarantee its own security," said Peskov, whose words convey to RIA News." As the newspaper WZGLAD wrote, on Tuesday the Lithuanian Parliament approved …
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