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Former Lithuanian defense minister: “If Russia had attacked NATO in 2014, it would have been a blitzkrieg”

Military exercises of an engineering unit of Russia’s Southern Military District
Military exercises of an engineering unit of Russia’s Southern Military District, conducted based on experience gained during the Russian “special military operation.” Rostov-on-Don, Russia. January 19, 2026. Photo: Arkadii Budnitskii / Anadolu via Getty Images

Despite the fact that Russian troops are bogged down in Ukraine, the Kremlin has not lost interest in gaining control over other neighboring countries, including NATO members. This was stated in an interview with our colleagues from TVP’s Foreign Broadcasting Center by Rasa Juknevičienė, a Member of the European Parliament and Lithuania’s defense minister in 2008–2012.