Mindaugas Sinkevicius, Lithuania’s prime minister, said his country is prepared to confront Russia but also has plans to evacuate its citizens in the event of an attack by Moscow.
BBC reported on Tuesday, September 22, that the Lithuanian prime minister made the remarks in an interview with the network.
According to the report, the Lithuanian prime minister said the country had prepared plans to evacuate its population in response to threats from Russia, but stressed that in the event of an attack, they “will not surrender.”
He added that people in Lithuania constantly feel threatened by Russia, partly because drones have entered the country’s airspace.
Lithuania, a NATO member, shares a land border with Russia’s exclave of Kaliningrad.
Sinkevicius said: “We are considering different scenarios, although not all of them are discussed publicly in detail.”
The prime minister’s remarks came just one week after NATO fighter pilots shot down a drone that had entered Lithuanian airspace.
