From Wall Street Journal.

On NATO’s Eastern Flank, low-grade Russian attacks are ramping up. For decades, Lithuania and the Baltic states have issued warnings about the threat of Moscow, long before the Russia invasion of Ukraine. Lithuania, sandwiched between Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave and Belarus, is particularly vulnerable to threats.

WSJ’s Matthew Luxmoore goes inside Lithuania’s efforts to build defenses and train citizens for war as fears of a full-scale conflict grow.

Chapters:
0:00 The Lithuanian Rifleman’s Brigade
0:43 Hybrid attacks
2:35 Civilian defense
4:58 Lithuania’s readiness
9:11 The Lithuania-Belarus border

Read more about the war preparations on NATO’s eastern frontier here: https://on.wsj.com/4iqQnY3

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