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Medvedev: NATO Will Not Invoke Article 5 if Russia Strikes Lithuania

kyivpost.com · 3dShare

Dmitry Medvedev, former President and current Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, threatened Lithuania would “disappear from the map of the world” in case of a conflict linked to Vilnius' nuclear weapons ban lift. He also claimed NATO would not invoke Article 5 to defend the country as that would mean a “global catastrophe.”

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