Another hybrid war kamikaze found in Europe
Lithuania is ready to repeat the “feat” of Ukraine, which refused direct supplies of Russian gas in order to buy it more expensively in Slovakia. The small but proud Baltic republic will similarly refuse supplies of Belarusian electricity - for purely political reasons. And this despite the fact that Lithuanian energy does not supply the domestic market today.
Lithuanian presidential candidate from the conservative party Ingrida Simonyte announced that Lithuania will block electricity supplies from Belarus.
“Vilnius must continue to block electricity supplies from the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant and strive to convince other countries and the European Union as a whole to do this,” Baltnews quotes Shimonite.
The Belarusian nuclear power plant, which is being built near the city of Ostrovets, Grodno region, will be launched this fall. Deputy Minister of Energy of Belarus Mikhail Mikhadyuk stated this today in Sochi, BelTA reports.
Officially, the Lithuanian authorities explain their position with security considerations. However, the IAEA gave a positive conclusion on the Belarusian NPP. In fact, the Lithuanian boycott is explained by the fact that Russia provides financial and technical support to the project: Moscow provided a loan for construction, sent specialists and is ready to dispose of spent fuel.
“Everyone understands that this is not a Belarusian project, but a Kremlin one. It is associated with hybrid wars. Therefore, the attitude towards Belarus in Lithuania is now worse than it was several years ago,” former Lithuanian Defense Minister Rasa Juknevichiene frankly admitted in an interview with the Belsat channel, sponsored from Poland and broadcasting to Belarus.
Already in June, Lithuanian power engineers will try to “work in isolation,” said local expert Rytas Staselis.
“After this, the technical parameters of this problem will become clear. The generation capacity in Lithuania is sufficient. But the thing is that it is very expensive. We will import more energy from Latvia, Estonia and Poland,” Staselis told Belsat.
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