Lithuanian Foreign Minister explains his surprise by calls not to punish “ordinary Russians” with sanctions
Pravda Ukraine
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis has disagreed with public statements that “ordinary Russians” should not be affected by Western sanctions against Russia, as they cannot be considered responsible for the war unleashed by the country’s leadership.
Source: Landsbergis published a series of posts on this topic on his X (Twitter) account, apparently in response to statements made by Putin’s critics released as part of a prisoners’ exchange between Russia and the West.
Quote: “I hear talk of ordinary Russians’ innocence, but then I see ordinary Russians murdering ordinary Ukrainians. I see ordinary Russian mothers saying goodbye to their ordinary Russian sons and wishing them good luck with their ordinary Russian war crimes. I see ordinary Russians celebrating murder,” Landsbergis said.
I would like to address the recurring question of those “ordinary Russians” who “shouldn’t be sanctioned”.🧵1/7
— Gabrielius Landsbergis🇱🇹 (@GLandsbergis) August 4, 2024
He continued this list of examples with “ordinary Russians” dressing their young children in military uniforms and making cardboard models of tanks for them to participate in solemn events, or lining up in the shape of the letter Z.
“Ordinary Russia is sick. Healing will be a long and gruelling process which can only start when Russia, not just Putin, is defeated. Without a defeat in Ukraine, Russia will just keep spreading. So about those “unfair” sanctions against “ordinary Russians”… Well, anything which slows down Russia’s total war machine will have ordinary Lithuanians’ support,” the Lithuanian foreign minister tweeted, concluding the tweet with the slogan “Glory to Ukraine”.
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