Several members of an alleged Russian spy
ring within the Lithuanian armed forces were detained by the national
general prosecution on Wednesday in the Lithuanian city of Šiauliai,
near NATO’s major Baltic air base amidst allegations they had been
engaged in espionage for “a foreign intelligence service”, with
authorities not ruling out Russian involvement.
Lithuanian lieutenant colonel Vidmantas
Raklyavicos told Russian news agency Itar-Tass that one man detained was
indeed one of his officers, deployed in the Zoknai air base, a large
NATO facility where the organisation’s Baltic patrol flights are
coordinated.
“The special services informed me about his capture,” the colonel said, but would not unveil the alleged spy’s identity.
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