Lithuania responds to Russia’s overnight attack on Ukraine

Lithuania’s Ambassador to Ukraine, Inga Stanytė-Toločkienė, responded to the combined overnight strikes carried out by Russian forces against Ukrainian cities early on Sunday, October 5, emphasizing the growing intensity of Russia’s air attacks.

According to Ukrinform, she wrote about this on the social platform X.

“As winter is coming, attacks on Ukraine’s energy system escalate. Terror nights continue across Ukrainian cities. Daily workflow is disrupted by air attacks, more and more each day. Escalation cannot be handled by leaving its control in Russia’s hands,” Toločkienė noted.

Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys also commented on the overnight Russian attack, stressing that Russia will not seek peace unless it is forced to do so.

He emphasized that Russia deliberately launched hundreds of drones and missiles targeting Ukraine’s civilian and energy infrastructure.

“The Kremlin continues to pursue its terrorist objectives: to freeze, starve, and terrorize the Ukrainian nation into surrender. Russia will not seek peace unless it is compelled to do so,” Budrys wrote on X.

The Lithuanian foreign minister called to stop feeding its imperial appetite and put an end to state terrorism. He also raised the issue of European countries continuing to buy Russian energy amid Moscow’s attacks on Ukraine.

“How many more Ukrainians must die before Europe decisively stops importing Russian oil and gas — and helps Ukraine arm itself well enough to end this evil once and for all?” Budrys wrote.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, Ukraine’s air defense shot down 478 aerial targets out of 549 launched by Russia on the night of October 5, including 439 drones, one Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missile, 32 Kh-101/Iskander-K cruise missiles, and six Kalibr cruise missiles.

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