"If Putin attacks, this is how your cities will look." Kuleba warns Baltic countries

"If Putin attacks the Baltic countries, you will have to bravely defend your compatriots against an enemy who surpasses you both in terms of experience and capabilities," said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. The politician emphasized that NATO would win this conflict, but the military actions themselves would leave a lasting mark.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba visited Vilnius on Friday, March 8. The politician gave an interview to the Delfi portal, in which he discussed what could happen to the Baltic countries in the event of a possible Russian attack. "Those who say that Putin would not dare to attack NATO are the same people who claimed that he would not dare to attack Ukraine," the politician stated.

The Ukrainian minister warned the Baltic countries. "This is how your cities will look" "I don't want to be impolite, but I want everyone to think about a very simple thing. If Putin attacks the Baltic countries, you will have to bravely defend your compatriots against an enemy who surpasses you both in terms of experience and capabilities. NATO will take several days before deciding how to react," Dmytro Kuleba said in an interview with Delfi.

The head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized that in his opinion NATO would prevail in such a situation, but intense military actions would leave a mark in the form of destroyed cities. "Look at Bachmut, look at Avdiivka. That's how the Baltic states will look after intense military actions. That's how your cities will look. Beautiful Vilnius will not exist," Kuleba said.

According to the minister, the cheapest and safest way to avoid such a scenario is to support Ukrainians fighting against Russian aggression. The politician emphasized that Lithuania understands this and therefore actively supports Kyiv. "Others pretend they can avoid it," he conveyed.

Dmytro Kuleba: Helping Ukraine is not charity

Dmytro Kuleba stated that he was not surprised by the statement of French President Emmanuel Macron regarding the possible sending of ground troops to Ukraine. "The discussion sparked by this message from Paris will save Europe a lot of time to realize that more needs to be done. Not only for Ukraine, but also for Europe," he said.

"In some European capitals, there is still a lack of understanding that helping Ukraine is not charity, but saving the lives of their own citizens, saving large sums of money that would otherwise be spent on their own defense," Kuleba said.