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Putin will not stop in Ukraine should West not stop him: Lithuanian president

A failure to stop Russia’s aggression in Ukraine would lead to a global conflict, as Putin will not stop in Ukraine, said Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nauseda on Monday, addressing the US secretary of state Antony Blinken as he began a tour of Baltic states.

He added that the world had an obligation to help Ukrainians “by all means available.”

“I mean indeed all means if we want to avoid the Third World War. The choice is in our hands,” he said.

NATO member Lithuania has sent military aid to Ukraine and welcomed small numbers of Ukrainian refugees since Russia’s invasion began on February 24.

Mr Blinken was set to visit neighboring Latvia and Estonia on Monday and Tuesday. NATO countries have ramped up their presence in the Baltic nations in recent weeks and more troops and equipment are on the way.

Russia’s invasion challenged peacekeeping principles: Blinken

Antony Blinken earlier told staff of the country’s embassy in Vilnius that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine challenged basic principles designed to keep the peace between nations.

“It’s important that people understand what’s actually at stake and it goes beyond even Ukraine, beyond even the Baltic countries, beyond even Europe,” he said.

Some diplomats assigned to the US embassy in Belarus are also in Vilnius after the mission has recently been closed over security concerns.

Belarus, which borders Lithuania and Latvia, allowed Russia to launch the assault from its territory after it had its troops stationed there for weeks under the guise of joint military exercises.

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