Hungary 'holding EU decision makers hostage' over Russia oil embargo: Lithuanian FM

Meanwhile, after the Finnish president and prime minister announced their intention to apply for Finland to join NATO, the minister welcomes the decision, despite the Kremlin having responded that it would be forced into "military-technical" retaliation. "I'm absolutely convinced 100 percent that the Baltic region will be safer and NATO will be stronger, because Finland and Sweden are true regional military powers."

Just a few days after Lithuania's parliament declared Russia a terrorist state, and that Vladimir Putin’s regime is committing genocide in Ukraine, Landsbergis explains that this is based on evidence being found as Russian troops abandon Ukrainian territory they had occupied. "From Kyiv towards Kharkiv, we are seeing what Russia was trying to accomplish there: mass killing of unarmed civilians. When these crimes are based on nationality – meaning only Ukrainians are being killed – we can apply a term of genocide in this perspective."

Produced by Georgina Robertson, Sophie Samaille, Perrine Desplats and Isabelle Romero

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