Kremlin Speaker Dmitry Peskov threatened to respond to “unfriendly measures” after the Lithuanian authorities banned the transit of goods subject to EU sanctions to the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad.

“The main thing is not the timing, but the response to unfriendly steps,” Peskov was quoted by Russian state propaganda agencies..

In turn, the speaker of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, also threatened Lithuania at a briefing.

“Response measures in case the situation does not return to a legal course will not be diplomatic, but practical,” she said..

Sandwiched between EU and NATO members Poland and Lithuania, Kaliningrad receives supplies from Russia by rail and gas pipeline through Lithuania.

The enclave where the headquarters of the Russian Baltic Fleet is located was captured by the Red Army from Nazi Germany in April 1945 and transferred to the Soviet Union after World War II.

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Earlier, Moscow threatened consequences that " Russian troops conduct exercises with imitation of missile strikes on the territory of Estonia.