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Lithuania, a Vulnerable NATO Link, Readies for Putin and Russia [1]
['Katrin Bennhold']
Date: 2022-03-14
LAZDIJAI, Lithuania — At a border crossing with Poland, Ramunas Serpatauskas was waving down cars crammed with bags, blankets and often three generations of family members one recent evening.
A commander of the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union, a civilian paramilitary organization, Mr. Serpatauskas was there to help refugees who had fled the war in Ukraine.
But the checkpoint, one of only two in a narrow 40-mile corridor as the crow flies between the Russian territory of Kaliningrad to the north and the border of Belarus to the south, is strategically important for another reason.
If Russia attacked, it would likely be here, Mr. Serpatauskas said. “Let the Russians try,” he added defiantly, “We will show them.”
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