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Lithuania's Foreign Ministry summons a representative of the Russian embassy in Vilnius, voices a strong protest over Russia's missile and drone attacks on Ukraine

Republic of Lithuania - Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2024.01.05

On 4 January, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania summoned a representative of the Russian embassy in Vilnius and expressed a strong protest over Russia's one of the most massive missile and drone attacks on Ukraine in recent days since the beginning of Russia's wide-ranging war against Ukraine.

Over the past few days, Russia has fired more than 500 missiles and Shahed drones at Ukraine, targeting primarily the country's civilian and critical infrastructure. Most of these missiles were shot down by the Ukrainian military. However, many missiles and drones have achieved their terrorist goals by killing many Ukrainian civilians, destroying several residential buildings, and hitting maternity and other hospitals, houses of prayer, schools, shops, and commercial warehouses.

Lithuania strongly condemns Russia's war against Ukraine, including these acts of brutal aggression, and calls on Russia to stop its deadly attacks immediately. The Russian political and military leadership responsible for the crime of aggression against Ukraine must inevitably bear the legal responsibility. Those who carry out missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian cities and their inhabitants, civilian and critical infrastructure, are committing war crimes under international law and must also be held to account. Russia will also have to compensate Ukraine and its people for all the destruction and loss during this illegal war.

Lithuania also calls on the international community to step up its military support to Ukraine, helping it to adequately defend itself against Russian military aggression and to pursue an even more principled policy towards Russia and its representatives based on their comprehensive international isolation and strict international sanctions.