Commander of the Lithuanian Armed Forces Valdemaras Rupshis believes that Russia is capable of new armed aggression in the next 5-10 years. According to him, revanchist sentiments, which will increase in connection with the defeat in Ukraine, can lead to this..

In an interview with LRT, Rupshis said that the behavior of the Russian Federation in the international arena in the future will depend on what forces will be in power..

“In my opinion, if Russia does not change, it will remain a threat to us and NATO. The threat may become even greater. Allies must act primarily to deter Russia from the kind of action it is taking in Ukraine. Russian revanchism has not gone away. They have not yet lost all the battles, but simply because Ukraine has survived, they have already lost the war,” said Rupshys..

The Commander of the Lithuanian Armed Forces also stressed that the future scenarios for the development of the Russian Federation will depend on many factors, including the impact of sanctions on its economy..

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Earlier, the Estonian ambassador said that Russia has military plans for his state as well..

Faced with a fierce rebuff in Ukraine, the Kremlin abandoned its plan to seize Kyiv and install its own puppet government there.. Moscow announced that initially its main goal was to reach the borders of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as well as to create a land corridor from Crimea to the Donbass. What prospects await the invaders in the near future Tatyana Silina told in the article “The Battle for Donbass: Why Putin Must Lose”?