Russia Warns Lithuania, Demands Lifting of ‘Openly Hostile’ Blockade

The railway station in Vilnius, Lithuania on March 25, 2022. Transit trains from Moscow to Kaliningrad stop over here. The banner in the picture shows a Ukrainian father crying next to his son's body. (Petras Malukas/AFP via Getty Images）

The Russian Foreign Ministry demanded Lithuania lift a partial blockade of Kaliningrad, the Russian region located near the Baltic Sea, and warned that such an action is “openly hostile.”

Kaliningrad, formerly known as Konigsberg, is located between NATO members Poland and Lithuania, although it has been Russian territory for the past 70 years or so.