Defence ministry fits anti-tank barriers and ‘fortifications which will be supported by firepower to stop and destroy the enemy’

Lithuania has installed “dragon’s teeth” anti-tank barriers on bridges that link the country to Russia.

Its defence ministry also said “firepower” had been built around another fortified bridge over the Neman River to stop a potential Russian attack.

“Fortifications will be supported by firepower, in case it’s needed, to stop and destroy the enemy,” it said.

The Neman River forms part of Lithuania’s border with Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave. It is 580 miles long and flows from Belarus through Lithuania and then into the North Sea.

  • yesman@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    This is theater. Kaliningrad has a land border with Lithuania, but not with Russia. Invading from there would require a buildup that would be obvious and create logistics that would be insane. If Russia moves tanks to Kaliningrad, it’ll be through Lithuania.

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      1 month ago

      Kaliningrad has a land border with Lithuania, but not with Russia

      You do realise that Koenigsberg is, at least for now, part of Russia?