VILNIUS — Lithuania has completed placing up the so-called “dragon’s tooth” on its border with Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave, the Lithuanian Defence Ministry mentioned on Saturday.
The concrete fortifications, meant to cease incoming tanks, are the most recent step in a collection of defence measures taken by the Baltic nation to discourage Russian aggression.
“We’re ranging from the tactical degree — particular obstacles on the border — and later we are going to mix your complete engineering plan into one conceptual system,” mentioned Raimundas Vaiksnoras, commander of the Lithuanian military.
“This can be a precautionary step aimed to make sure more practical defence,” the Lithuanian Ministry of Defence acknowledged in a put up on X.
The three Baltic states, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, are members of NATO and border Russia. Lithuania and Latvia additionally border Belarus, a detailed ally of Moscow.
All three nations, previously occupied by the Soviet Union, have raised their state of readiness because of the menace of Russian invasion because the outbreak of struggle in Ukraine in 2022.
The Lithuanian navy is making an attempt to restrict the potential of utilizing unused roads connecting the nation to Russia to scale back the danger of a land invasion.
New obstacles have additionally been erected at unused border crossings with Belarus, together with Sumskas, Lavoriski, Raigardas and Latezeris, in addition to on the Romaniskes crossing with Kaliningrad.
In July, Latvia in flip introduced the set up of concrete anti-tank pyramids alongside the border with Russia. — Euronews
