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NATO must draw red lines for Russia over hybrid attacks, says Lithuanian FM after cargo plane crashed near Vilnius (www.lrt.lt)

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Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis on Tuesday called on NATO to draw strict red lines for Russia over hybrid attacks and to send a unified message about the alliance’s response to such actions.

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Lithuania’s top diplomat noted that an investigation is underway into Monday’s crash of a DHL cargo plane in Vilnius and that “no option has been excluded so far”, adding that the incident “is definitely worrying”.

Landsbergis said that, in this context, allies must send a message both to Russian President Vladimir Putin and their own citizens that attempts by the aggressor to intimidate must stop, or else concrete action will be taken.

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A Spanish national was killed, three other crew members, a Spaniard, a German and a Lithuanian, were injured when the DHL cargo plane crashed near Vilnius Airport on Monday morning.

The Boeing 737-476(SF), which was coming from the German city of Leipzig, was owned by Spain’s Swiftair and used for transporting DHL parcels.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Monday that the crash could have been an accident or a “hybrid incident” involving outside actors.

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