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“The continued presence of the Russian military forces, if such a decision were to be made, would be a great challenge for us in terms of security, both for Lithuania and Poland, for NATO in general, but especially for Ukraine, because the Russian forces would be del Norte and they would need additional solutions. We do not see any concrete preparations, “R. Karoblis told reporters at Seimas.
At the same time, the minister noted that if the current regime of Aliaksand Lukashenko remained under the leadership of Belarus, it would be necessary to monitor “the greater rapprochement between Belarus and Russia, the unification in a common union and the price that Lukashenko will pay to Russia.”
On Wednesday, the Minister of National Defense presented the available data on the situation in neighboring Belarus to the Seimas Committee for Defense and National Security. In the political crisis in Belarus, a tactical exercise of the Russian-Belarusian army “Slavic Brotherhood” began last week, which, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, will last until September 25, with more than 800 soldiers with about 170 technical units from both countries.
Karoblis said that more capabilities had been removed from the military exercises in Belarus, but that there was no significant military activation. “At the moment, we do not see signs that after this exercise (the Russian forces) will remain, there should be logistical solutions and other related problems,” said the minister.
Conservative Laurynas Kasčiūnas, vice chairman of the Seimas Committee for Defense and National Security, said there were no military threats, although “many demonstrative aspects” could be seen.
“You don’t have to fear some military threats, it really isn’t, there are many demonstration aspects, in a military sense. Many things correspond to seasonality, pre-planned exercise scenarios, only perhaps it is exacerbated by certain elements of information warfare, ”said L. Kasčiūnas.
“Basically there are no military threats, the question is what will happen and how will happen if Russia, taking advantage of Lukashenko’s increased dependence on them, tries to implement the absorption scenario, what processes can they start, contingent deployment, base construction and everything else. In any case, there are no such demonstrations, but the issue is long-term strategic planning, ”said the parliamentarian who chaired the committee meeting.
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