Lithuania Moves to Lift Nuclear Ban; Moscow Warns — SkimNews
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- Lithuania backed a push to lift a ban on nuclear weapons, prompting an outcry from Moscow, per CNBC's headline.
- The Kremlin warned Lithuania that its move to lift a nuclear arms ban "risks further escalation," per Reuters.
Why it matters: Lithuania, a NATO member on the Kremlin's doorstep, lifting its nuclear ban — adopted last year a country hosting or hosting no nuclear weapons — directly intersects with the alliance's posture toward Russia, and Moscow's explicit "further escalation" language raises the diplomatic cost of the vote in Vilnius and across NATO's eastern flank.
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