“Lithuania is one of the countries that recently walked a difficult road towards the restoration of independence. We know that today Ukraine is fighting for peace in Europe, for all of us,” Grybauskaite said. “If a terrorist state that is engaged in open aggression against its neighbor is not stopped, then that aggression might spread further into Europe.”
She said the rest of Europe could be at risk amid fighting in Ukraine, reported the Baltic Times.
“Every nation has a right to have its own state and no one can dictate how it should live, regardless of whether a country is big or small. Hence we must clearly tell the current Kremlin and the current Russian leadership that such actions will never be tolerated,” added Grybauskaite.
And on Wednesday, NATO commander U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove said Russian’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula in Ukraine could be used to exert control over the Black Sea.
Breedlove said Russian military assets that are currently being set up in Crimea would have an effect on “almost the entire Black Sea,” The BBC reported.
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