“Lithuania has increased security around power lines connecting it to Poland.”, — write: www.ukrinform.ua
This was done in anticipation of the planned separation of the energy systems of the Baltic countries from the Soviet-era network shared with Russia and Belarus next month.
“We see obvious attempts by opponents to disrupt this process. That is why we are taking measures to protect our infrastructure,” said Prime Minister of Lithuania Gintautas Paluckas.
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As reported by Ukrinform, Lithuania plans to use 15 million euros provided by the European Commission to modernize electronic surveillance systems on the border with Russia.
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