{"id":5936,"date":"2026-05-20T08:24:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=5936"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:51:14","slug":"kremlin-responds-to-borderline-crazy-threat-from-nato-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/kremlin-responds-to-borderline-crazy-threat-from-nato-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Kremlin responds to \u2018borderline crazy\u2019 threat from NATO state"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lithuanian foreign minister said the bloc should show it could \u201craze\u201d military infrastructure in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad<\/strong><\/p>\n

Recent threats directed at Russia\u2019s Kaliningrad Region by Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys are \u201cborderline crazy\u201d<\/em> and reflect a \u201cmaniacal\u201d<\/em> hostility toward Russia among Lithuania\u2019s leadership, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Neue Zurcher Zeitung published on Monday, Budrys described NATO as the \u201cstrongest organization ever created\u201d<\/em> and called for a more aggressive approach toward Moscow. Russia, he claimed, had left behind only a \u201ctoxic and corrupt\u201d<\/em> legacy in the former Soviet republic.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must transform our fear of the threat into a sense of empowerment,\u201d<\/em> Budrys said, voicing confidence in NATO\u2019s mutual defense commitments and, in particular, Germany\u2019s readiness to fight for Lithuania.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must show the Russians that we can penetrate the small fortress they have built in Kaliningrad,\u201d<\/em> he added<\/a>. \u201cNATO has the means to raze the Russian air defense and missile bases there to the ground if necessary.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Responding to the comments, Peskov told Russian media that Budrys\u2019 statement did not merit serious analysis. He suggested that Lithuania is being led by \u201cunbridled\u201d<\/em> politicians who are incapable of sober strategic thinking, which he said ultimately works in Russia\u2019s favor.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis anti-Russian sentiment makes them blind, prevents them from thinking about the future and from acting in the interests of their nations,\u201d<\/em> Peskov said, referring to political elites in all three Baltic states.<\/p>\n

Later in the day, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov echoed Peskov\u2019s remarks, arguing that Western officials resort to such hostile rhetoric to assert their relevance. \u201cBut unlike the philosopher [Rene Descartes] who said \u2018I think, therefore I am\u2019 these people simply are,\u201d<\/em> the diplomat joked.<\/p>\n

The remarks come as the European Union debates whether to resume diplomatic engagement with Moscow. Russia says<\/a> the ball is in Brussels\u2019 court since it chose to suspend contacts over the Ukraine conflict. Budrys\u2019 Estonian counterpart, Margus Tsahkna, has urged Western nations to increase pressure on Russia instead, telling Bloomberg last week that \u201cnow is not the moment to talk or negotiate.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

A hardline position toward Russia remains prominent within the EU leadership, including in the office of the bloc\u2019s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas. The former Estonian prime minister was jettisoned to Brussels in 2024 after her domestic approval ratings dived in the wake of a scandal over her husband\u2019s business interests in Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Lithuanian foreign minister said the bloc should show it could \u201craze\u201d military infrastructure in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5936"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5936"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5940,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5936\/revisions\/5940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}