The West Rises Against Putin: Finland Warns Russia It Is Ready to Fight Them And US Declares NATO’s ‘Ironclad’ Support for Lithuania as Moscow’s Fury Grows Over Kaliningrad Blockade

- The West Rises Against Putin: Finland Warns Russia It Is Ready to Fight Them And US Declares NATO’s ‘Ironclad’ Support for Lithuania as Moscow’s Fury Grows Over Kaliningrad Blockade
by RACHAEL BUNYAN FOR MAILONLINE, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/
* Finland’s armed forces chief said the country has been preparing for war against Russia for decades
* Lithuania blocked goods sanctioned by the EU from reaching the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad
* US said it would defend fellow NATO member Lithuania if Russia launched attack
* Russia vowed to retaliate with measures that ‘will have a serious negative impact on the Lithuanian population’ after country blocked coal and metals from Russia
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Finland has warned Russia it is ready for war while the US said any attack on Lithuania would be an attack against all of NATO as the spectre of World War Three looms over the West. Finnish armed forces chief General Timo Kivinen said the country has been preparing for a Russian attack for decades and would put up stiff resistance should one occur, its armed forces chief said. The Nordic country has built up a substantial arsenal, but aside from the military hardware, a crucial factor is that Finns would be motivated to fight, Kivinen said.
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