Ukraine security guarantees must be real, not bluffs, Lithuania says


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  • Monday, 05 Jan 2026

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys speaks during an exclusive interview in Vilnius, Lithuania, September 10, 2025. REUTERS/Janis Laizans

OSLO, ‌Jan 5 (Reuters) - Any ‌security guarantees offered ‌to Ukraine as part of a deal to ‍end the ‍war with ‌Russia must be real, ‍Lithuania's Foreign ​Minister Kestutis Budrys ⁠said on Monday.

"We can't be ‌bluffing... Russia wouldn't ⁠buy our ‍bluffs. It needs to be ‍real... The security ‌guarantees need to be very clear," Budrys told a joint press conference in Vilnius with his ‌German counterpart Johann Wadephul.

(Reporting by Nerijus ​Adomaitis, editing by Terje Solsvik and Essi Lehto)

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