Lithuania: Ukraine Security Guarantees Must Be Real, Not Bluffs

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.