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

https://mins.news/en/video/43441

- euronews, 2026-09-03 09:38 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR07h3jQhUg

> Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys said Lithuania would move quickly to a war footing if Russia attacked the country. He spoke on the sidelines of a European ministers’ meeting in Ireland, where worsening European security was a central agenda item alongside counterparts from Ukraine, the UK, Iceland, Norway and Canada.

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