# Lithuania would rapidly shift to a war footing if Russia attacked, minister says

https://mins.news/en/item/43444

- euronews, 2026-09-03 09:38 UTC
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- Original: http://www.euronews.com/video/2026/09/03/lithuania-will-act-fast-to-a-war-footing-if-russia-attacks-it-foreign-minister-budrys-says

> Lithuanian Foreign Affairs Minister Kęstutis Budrys said Lithuania would move quickly to a war footing if Russia attacked it. He spoke on the sidelines of a European ministers’ meeting in Ireland, where the deteriorating European security situation was a central agenda item and Ukrainian, British, Icelandic, Norwegian and Canadian counterparts also took part.

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