Russia responded to plans to deploy nuclear weapons in Lithuania

The deployment of nuclear weapons in Lithuania will be considered by Russia as a direct threat. This was stated by State Duma deputy from the Kaliningrad region Andrei Kozlov, whose words are quoted by TASS.

According to him, plans for the appearance of nuclear weapons on the territory of the Baltic republic is an extremely irresponsible step.

“In fact, we are talking about creating a situation where any deployment of such weapons on the territory of a neighboring state will be considered a direct threat to Russia and will inevitably entail retaliatory actions,” he said.

The MP explained that such rhetoric should not be accepted as a normal part of political discussion, since the deployment of nuclear weapons near Russian borders is a path to further escalation.