According to the army, Russia unequivocally poses a threat to Lithuania, but "it has never been otherwise". "The Russian threat to Lithuania has been a constant since around the 15th century when the first war between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Moscow took place, and that's what we simply have to learn to live with," the army said.

Baltic leaders and residents are worried about what the stop of American supplies to Kyiv could mean for them in a region that borders Russia on NATO’s eastern flank and has long grappled with Russian interference and aggression.

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