• Lithuania strengthens its borders with Russia and Belarus
Lithuania will spend 1.1 billion euros to strengthen the protection of its border with Russia and Belarus, notably with anti -tank mines, the Department of Defense of this country of the oriental side of NATO said on Monday May 5.
This new financial effort, spread over 10 years, will allow Lithuania to “Block and slow down hostile states”detailed the Ministry of Defense. Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, all bordering Russia, fear being the next targets of this country if it won its war against Ukraine.
These three Baltic States, former Soviet republics, strengthened their defense after the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army. They also increased security measures at their borders after an influx of migrants, according to them inspired by Moscow.
• Russia says it has foiled a drone attack on Moscow
Russia said in the night of Sunday to Monday to have thwarted an attack by Ukrainian drones which aimed Moscow, a few days before the celebrations of May 9, marking victory over Nazi Germany in 1945.
The mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobianinen, said on Telegram that air defense had “Pushed an attack from four flying drones towards Moscow” without doing “Damage or victims”. This is not the first time that the Russian capital has been the target of Ukrainian operations of this type, even if these remain rare.
• Zelensky “does not believe” in the three -day truce
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that he “Didn’t believe” That Russia would respect a three -day upcoming truce to coincide with the celebrations of Moscow’s victory day.
“This is not the first challenge, nor the first promises made by Russia as a ceasefire … We know who we are dealing with, we do not believe them”said the Ukrainian president at a joint press conference with Czech President Petr Pavel.
Vladimir Putin proposed a three -day truce that coincide with the Russian commemorations of May 9 in order to, according to him, test the arrangement of kyiv to make peace. Vladimir Putin had already decreed a short ceasefire during the Pascal weekend in April, which had led to a drop in fighting without being fully respected by the two camps.
