# Lithuanian authorities seek to host nuclear weapons to put country on front line, lawmaker says

https://mins.news/en/item/91574

- TASS, 2026-10-08 14:25 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2199385

> Yevgeny Mishin, an official from Russia’s Kaliningrad Region, said Lithuania’s leadership was determined to place the country on the front line against NATO’s alleged “enemies.” Lithuania’s parliament voted to repeal a constitutional ban on nuclear weapons and foreign military bases, which Mishin called an alarming shift from rhetoric to action.

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