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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis does not rule out that manufacture of Ukrainian drones could be partially relocated to Lithuania. The minister is visiting Ukraine on Thursday.

Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis on Wednesday visited Sweden, where he met with Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Foreign Minister Tobias Billström, Defence Minister Pål Jonson and members of the Riksdag (Parliament), the ministry reports.

President Gitanas Nausėda thinks that Russia will be focused on the war in Ukraine for two more years but ultimately the Kremlin is willing to challenge NATO.

Labour Party’s leader Andrius Mazuronis believes that moving production of Ukrainian drones to Lithuania is a national security interest. According to him, this would create infrastructure for the production of modern drones in Lithuania and ensure that Russia would not be able to destroy the factor...

Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas does not reveal if President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, who visited Lithuania last week, asked for help with repatriation of Ukrainian men who would be mobilised to fight against Russian invaders. However, he admitted that information may be provid...

More than nine in ten (95%) Lithuanians agree with providing humanitarian support to the people affected by the war in Ukraine, a Eurobarometer survey finds. Their opinion is shared by 89% of the respondents in other European Union (EU) countries on the average.

The European Union, the United States, the IMF, Japan, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the World Bank are among the financial contributors actively aiding Ukraine for nearly two years in its struggle and economic support during the ongoing war.

German newspaper Bild has reported that the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) are preparing for a potential conflict with Russia on NATO’s eastern flank, in the Baltic States. Commenting about the Bild article, the Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania stated that, as intense fighting continues i...

We will overcome one obstacle after another, be it technical, political or otherwise, says Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, referring to Ukraine's EU membership, which was opposed by European leaders. With experts talking about declining Western arms support for the war-torn country, Ukrain...

The discussion concerning the fate of frozen Russian assets is becoming more intensive as the Western powers are expected to take on this issue later in January. Most of the experts and now also many policymakers insist that Ukraine needs mo­ney to stay in the war, and Russia should be held accounta...

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday presented First Lady Diana Nausėdienė with the 1st grade Order of Princess Olga, a state decoration of Ukraine, at the Ukrainian Center, the presidency reports.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis argues that the State Security Department (VSD) has been given a disproportionate assignment to screen every Belarusian citizen who enters Lithuania.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has landed in Vilnius today at around 10.30 a.m. It his second visit to Lithuania time since the Russian invasion.

On Thursday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania summoned a representative of the Russian Embassy in Vilnius and expressed strong protest over Russia’s recent missile and drone attacks against Ukraine.

Investigative journalism centre Siena reports that Arkadiy Abramovich, a son of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, had his Lithuanian passport renewed last autumn, already after his father was included on the EU sanctions list. This was confirmed to reporters by the director of the Migration Depa...

By the end of 2023, two different trends have emerged quite clearly as it comes to the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

Lithuanian instructors have trained 2,900 Ukrainian soldiers this year, the military said. Trainings are planned for another 3,500 Ukrainians next year.

On 18 December, the European Union adopted a new package of sanctions, stepping up restrictive measures against Russia. The package imposes additional restrictions on Russia’s economy and 147 individuals and entities are added to the sanctions list, reports the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia...

President Gitanas Nausėda expects that the European Union (EU) will agree on a financial support package of EUR 50 billion to Ukraine in January.

On Friday, German-made Leopard 2 tanks, which were brought from Ukraine for repairs in Lithuania, were showcased at Gaižiūnai training area, near Jonava, central Lithuania. The Ministry of National Defence announced that the tanks would soon return to Ukraine, which is fighting against Russian invad...