One of the smallest members of NATO is preparing to hold one of the most important summits in the alliance’s 74-year history.
Former Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the President's palace in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, July 4, 2023. Grybauskaite has earned a reputation as the"Baltic Iron Lady" for her resolute leadership and bluntness, particularly regarding Russia, she was one of few European leaders who warned of Russian interference in eastern Europe even before Moscow annexed Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in 2014.
Her skepticism reflects a widely held belief in the Baltic countries that the West, even after Russia launched the biggest war in Europe since World War II, has never truly understood the threat that Moscow poses to the continent. “After the Crimea occupation, the reaction from the West was very slow, despite Russia demonstrating openly in broad daylight that it could occupy the territories of neighboring countries," Grybauskaite told The Associated Press in an interview this week.
“It's not just the war against Ukraine, it’s the quest against our entire civilization,” said the 67-year-old, who last week received the Manfred Wörner Medal, a prestigious German award for services toward peace and freedom in Europe."If Ukraine does not achieve a definitive victory on the battlefield, the West will end up in limbo. The aggressive actions against it will last for decades to come.
Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuania’s first leader after it regained independence in the early 1990s, has mocked suggestions that an agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin might be reached over Ukraine.
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