Lithuania will tighten security around energy and transport infrastructure after receiving intelligence signals that Russia may be planning attacks on critical sites, President Gitanas Nausėda said in an interview with BNS news agency.
Nausėda said Lithuania’s intelligence services had detected signs of possible Russian planning, but added that officials did not know when or where any attack could take place. He also did not say that Lithuania itself was the confirmed target.
“We have such signals, which we receive from our intelligence services,” Nausėda told the BNS news agency. “They do not clearly identify place or time.”
He said the threat could involve different methods aimed at physically damaging critical infrastructure or disrupting the operation of key sites.
The warning comes as Lithuania, a NATO member, remains on high alert over security risks linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The country borders both Belarus, a close Moscow ally, and Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave.
Lithuania has sharply increased defence spending since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Neighbouring Poland also said earlier this month that Western intelligence agencies were concerned about possible Russian attacks against Poland and the Baltic states.
Moscow has repeatedly denied accusations that it plans or carries out sabotage or other hostile operations outside Ukraine, saying such claims are part of an anti-Russian propaganda campaign.
