Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, during a discussion at the at a foreign policy forum in Berlin, said that the fear of escalation is influencing the fact that the West is not open and honest enough open and honest about what Russian aggression against Ukraine really means. This was reported by Lithuanian National Radio and Television, UNN.
In most cases, we try to present this as a regional, still distant problem that does not affect us at all. This is a major political problem that should be at the center of the debate. (...) As a person interested in history, I am afraid that we are waiting for Pearl Harbor. We have already gone through all the stages, but we think that since Pearl Harbor did not happen, everything is fine. However, everything is not so good.
Background
December 7, 1941 the US naval and air bases located on the outskirts of Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, were subjected to a devastating attack by air and submarine forces of the Japanese Navy. As a result of this attack, 20 ships were destroyed or damaged. ships, 188 American aircraft, and the United States lost 2,395 lives. Japanese forces lost 29 aircraft and five small submarines.
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