Lithuania's foreign minister called for a firm collective allied response to what he called a new 'hybrid operation.'
Russia has launched a new 'hybrid operation' in the Baltic Sea, according to European Union and NATO member Lithuania, after a Russian Defense Ministry document suggested an adjustment to the country's maritime claims in the area.The draft decree, dated May 21, suggests Moscow wants to declare part of the waters in the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland and the area near the Kaliningrad towns of Baltiysk and Zelenogradsk as internal waters.
'Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen likewise suggested in a post on X that Moscow may be trying to sow confusion and alarm in the Baltic region.'It is worth remembering that causing confusion is also a hybrid influence,' she said. 'Finland is not confused.'Finnish President Alexander Stubb said Helsinki is analyzing the reports, adding: 'Russia has not been in contact with Finland on the matter. Finland acts as always: calmly and based on facts.
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