# Lithuania to deploy troops on Kaliningrad border after Latvia incident

https://mins.news/en/item/90502

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-10-07 22:56 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/lithuania-to-deploy-troops-along-border-with-russias-kaliningrad-after-latvia-incident/

> Lithuanian Interior Minister Martynas Katelynas asked for armed forces units to help border guards along the border with Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave. He called the deployment preventive, citing signs Russia may announce mobilization and recent security breaches at Latvia’s border, while saying there was no reason to panic and the border situation was calm.

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