Fearing Russia: Lithuanian paramilitary groups prepare
03 May 2022 |
12:57 pm
The invasion of Ukraine has Villinus increasingly concerned, and citizens are taking up arms. Worries about the Suwalki Gap — a strategically important corridor connecting the Baltic states to their NATO neighbors — are also mounting.
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