In related news, the Baltic countries issued a joint statement condemning the Russian invasion, bne IntelliNews reports.
“We, the foreign ministers of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania condemn in the strongest possible way the open large-scale Russian aggression against the independent, peaceful, and democratic Ukraine,”
the statement from Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said.
Lithuania also declared a state of emergency over the security threat. Landsbergis tweeted:
“We in Lithuania know very well that Ukraine is fighting not just for Ukraine, but for us in the region, Europe and everyone in the democratic world,”
adding that Russia should be subjected to further sanctions.
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