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Martynas Katelynas

Martynas Katelynas

Lithuanian politician

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Photo: Supreme Election Commission of Lithuania, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)

  • Oct 7

    Armed smugglers clash with Latvian border guards before sabotaging surveillance cameras

    Masked gunmen escorted at least 20 migrants toward the Latvian border and sabotaged monitoring equipment, prompting neighboring Lithuania to deploy troops along its Kaliningrad frontier.

  • Oct 5

    Poland and Lithuania prepare emergency evacuation plans for one million Baltic residents

    Ministers meeting in Budzisko agreed on logistical frameworks to handle up to one million potential evacuees across the Suwałki Corridor in the event of Russian military action, while extending border controls into 2027.

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