President of Lithuania calls on the West to cross "red lines" and provide Ukraine with necessary military assistance
He emphasized that it should not be delayed
On Monday, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda called on the West to cross "red lines" to provide Ukraine with the military assistance it needs.
"It is very important that we cross these red lines that are in our heads and do not exist in reality. Maybe sometimes Russia tries to set these red lines for us," he said in an interview with CNN.
"My message is: don't waste time. Be decisive, united and make decisions as soon as possible," Nauseda added.
He said that US President Joe Biden's visit to Kyiv on Monday shows that Ukraine will not be abandoned and sends a very strong message of unity among Ukraine's allies.
Nausėda will meet with Biden in Warsaw in the near future. The Lithuanian leader said that he would discuss with the US leader the security of Lithuania and "especially the security of the eastern flank."
The president added that the Baltic states face "direct threats" from Russia and Belarus. "This is the reason why we expect positive signals about our security," he said.
During his visit to Poland this week, Biden is expected to meet with the leaders of the Bucharest Nine, a group of NATO's eastern allies – Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.
Background. Recently, it was reported that Lithuania presented Ukraine with Bofors L70 anti-aircraft guns.
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