# ‘Lithuanian skies are NATO skies’: DW interviews Lithuania’s prime minister

https://mins.news/en/item/74103

- DW, 2026-09-25 14:34 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/lithuanian-skies-are-nato-skies-dw-interview-with-lithuania-s-prime-minister-mindaugas-sinkevicius/a-79432394?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevicius says threats from Russia and Belarus have made air defense his country’s most urgent security priority. He calls for greater solidarity from NATO allies but says Lithuania must strengthen its own deterrence while balancing defense needs with social-democratic principles.

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