Peskov: deployment of nuclear weapons will make Lithuania a target for the Russian Federation

Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the deployment of nuclear weapons by Lithuania could provoke great danger and make the country a target for Russian nuclear weapons.

The Lithuanian government plans to remove from the constitution the provision banning weapons of mass destruction on its territory at the beginning of 2027.

MOSCOW, September 13 - RIA Novosti. Lithuania believes that nuclear weapons will be insurance for its security, but the opposite is true - it will provoke a great danger for it, said the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov.

Earlier, the LRT television and radio company, citing the Chairman of the Lithuanian Parliament Juozas Olakas, reported that the government of the republic plans to exclude from the constitution the provision banning weapons of mass destruction on its territory at the beginning of 2027.