They told him about the biggest threats: the scale and complexity of the Zapad exercise makes you think

The SSD director at Delfi Day says that decision makers are doing their best and the intelligence mission is informed.

“I think the decision makers are doing all they can. I don’t see any major problems in this place. We are simply transmitting information, and the question of the decision makers is what to do next ”, says D. Jauniškis at the beginning of the program.

When asked about the Sputnik vaccine, the SSD director only reiterated that the intelligence task is for information only, but that decisions are made by decision makers and politicians.

“You know, it is very difficult for me to judge, I want to emphasize once again what I said during the press conference that it is not intelligence that decides, decisions are made by decision makers, politicians, we only give information. We are saying that we believe this is a mask and vaccine policy. It is being implemented, there are certain themes and goals that are being raised by the states to dominate the world to be visible, we are warning about those things, but it is up to the decision makers to accept or not to accept. This is a matter of our foreign policy, not of intelligence telling what to do and what not to do ”, emphasized D. Jauniškis.

Young: The Citybee scandal has shown that warnings are not handled responsibly

According to him, an attempt to pressure politicians in some way would surpass democracy, so the task of intelligence is to inform.

“Intelligence says that their assessment provides some information, and it would be difficult for me to speak for them, for politicians, because it is not a matter of intelligence to pressure the political processes. Then it would surpass democracy. It is our business to give information, decision makers have to make decisions, I have the least power to pressure something, I definitely would not do that ”, says D. Jauniškis.

Mass tracking of people was also mentioned in the report. When asked if our data is really safe or is not being misused, the interviewee assured us that we must be aware of the threats and be responsible.

“Intelligence has warned of the dangers of cyber threats in a series of threat assessments and statements, and there is a call for more investment and attention. I believe the Citybee scandal has shown that alerts and cyber security are not they drive responsibly enough.

We must all be aware, we must be aware of the threats, because these are the challenges that lie ahead, they are predicted to be in the coming decades, this will take place at a sharper angle. I really invite everyone to pay attention to this, to invest for themselves, and not to wait for the state to do everything for them, we must think about it individually: people, companies, institutions ”, said D. Jauniškis in the program.

Paulavičius: we do not have specific data on possible incidents

The report says there will be major Russian-Belarusian military exercises in September this year. West 2021 it will increase the risk of military incidents. When asked if there is any data that something like this is planned, Colonel Elegijus Paulavičius, Director of the Second Department of Operational Services (AOTD) of the Ministry of National Defense, Delphi Day says there is no specific data.

“In response to your question, I have to say that we do not have specific data on possible incidents, but given the scale of the exercise, we speak of probabilities, that probability remains, intentional or not, another question, but due to the scale and complexity of the exercise, that probability remains. “

When asked to be very surprised, the colonel assured China of his participation West – That would be the biggest surprise.

“Looking at Zapad’s exercises from 2017 and earlier, the scenarios that were used are probably no more surprising, unless China’s participation in Zapad is the biggest surprise.”