Czech President urges NATO to take "decisive" actions against Russia

NATO needs to take "decisive" action against Russia due to incidents involving drones in the Baltic States. This was announced by Czech President Petr Pavel on May 22.

"Russia <...> basically understands the language of force, ideally backed by action," he said in an interview with the British newspaper The Guardian.

The Czech president also criticized Europe for still being unable to determine its policy towards Moscow, the Newspaper said.Ru». According to him, there is also a need to form a post-war security system. In addition, Pavel expressed disappointment that the United States had stopped putting pressure on Russia.

Mushroom on the horizon: Russia has threatened the Baltic States with retaliation for helping Ukraine

The threat of escalation arose against the background of the nuclear exercises of Moscow and Minsk

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on May 22 that Western countries cannot accept the very fact of Russia's existence. According to him, the "civilizational alternative" in the form of the Russian Federation has taken a lot from Western civilization, but at the same time enriched it. The diplomat noted that an attempt to present it as the main evil in Eurasia and the world has no prospects.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Izvestia on May 20 that some drones attacking the Russian Federation The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) were launched from the territory of the Baltic states. He added that the Russian military and intelligence officials are closely monitoring the situation and are also preparing the necessary response from Moscow. The main task, he stressed, is to ensure the safety of citizens of the Russian Federation and its industrial infrastructure.