Kremlin rejects Lithuanian allegations of planned Russian attacks as ‘scare stories’

The Kremlin on Wednesday rejected Lithuanian allegations that Moscow is planning attacks on the country’s infrastructure, describing them as a pretext for militarization against Russia. (AFP/File)

• Lithuania has intelligence that ‌Russia is ‌planning attacks on infrastructure
• ‌Peskov ‌told reporters: “This is simply the ‌latest batch of ‌scare stories”

MOSCOW: ‌The Kremlin on Wednesday rejected Lithuanian allegations that Moscow is planning attacks on the country’s infrastructure, describing them as a pretext for militarization against Russia.
Lithuania has intelligence that ‌Russia is ‌planning attacks on infrastructure, ‌and ⁠security around energy ⁠and transport sites will be tightened as a precaution, President Gitanas Nauseda said in an interview ⁠on Wednesday.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry ‌Peskov ‌told reporters: “This is simply the ‌latest batch of ‌scare stories designed to continue brainwashing the population and preparing it for ‌further militarization.
“To achieve this, they need to cast ⁠another ⁠country — in this case, ours — as the enemy, and use that pretext to continue building up NATO military infrastructure in all its forms across the Baltic states.”