Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys said Monay that Vilnius cannot rule out the possibility that Russia deliberately targeted Lithuania’s embassy in Kyiv when two Russian missiles damaged the diplomatic mission over the weekend.
“That possibility cannot be ruled out, although we cannot confirm it at this stage,” Budrys told LRT TV.
The minister said there were no significant strategic facilities near the embassy other than a power plant about 1.5 kilometres away that Russia has previously sought to strike.
“Everything else there is residential housing, except for our embassy,” Budrys said. “Perhaps the aim was to exert pressure or intimidate us, but it has been completely unsuccessful. Our resolve has only grown stronger.”
Two Russian missiles landed about 5 metres and 150 metres from Lithuania’s embassy in Kyiv’s Pechersk district during overnight strikes on Saturday, damaging window frames, shattering glass and causing damage to the roof and solar panels, Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry said. No embassy staff were injured.
