Lithuania's premier curate has told the BBC his state has made evacuation plans successful the look of threats from Russia, but added they "will not surrender" if attacked.
Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius told Newsnight that Lithuanians consciousness "constantly threatened" by Russia, successful portion due to the fact that of drones entering the nation's airspace.
He told Newsnight if his state was attacked, "we volition combat back... we volition engage". But helium said determination were plans for a "variety of scenarios" and utilized an illustration of getting aged citizens retired of cities "smoothly" and avoiding postulation jams.
Lithuania, a Nato member, shares a onshore borderline with the Russian enclave of Kaliningad.
"We're reasoning astir a assortment of scenarios, not each of them are being discussed precise overmuch publicly," Sinkevičius told the BBC.
"We look factual threats, not connected a regular basis, but we're experiencing them and it's a existent world for us."
Sinkevičius besides said the UK needed a "shift successful the mindset" successful presumption of its attack to defence, but noted that Lithuania was "closer to the borderline and person to [the] threat".
It comes conscionable a week aft Nato combatant pilots changeable down a drone that entered Lithuania's airspace.
Though the origins of the drone person not been confirmed, Lithuanian Defence Minister Robertas Kaunas told Newshour that it came from the absorption of Belarus, Lithuania's neighbour and a cardinal Russian ally.
The UK's Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said: "Thanks to the swift and nonrecreational actions of Lithuanian and Italian forces, Nato erstwhile again demonstrated our readiness to support our airspace.
"We basal united, astir the clock, successful defence of each inch of Nato territory."
Moscow did not remark connected the incident.
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