VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania plans to build a two-metre high wire fence along its border with the Russian region of Kaliningrad, its interior minister said on Tuesday, amid continued tensions between Moscow and the Baltic states, which are members of NATO.
Eimutis Misiunas acknowledged that such a fence would provide little defence against a full-blown military assault but said it underscored Lithuanians' concerns about a more assertive Russia and could also help prevent lesser cross-border incursions.
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