Russia's Foreign Ministry issued veiled threats towards the Baltic states on April 6, following Moscow’s suggestion that Kyiv’s allies are allowing the use of their airspace to strike Russian ports in the Baltic Sea — a claim that Baltic states have repeatedly labeled as disinformation.
Speaking to reporters in Moscow, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that the Baltic states "have received an appropriate warning."
"If the regimes of these countries have enough sense, they will listen. If not, they will have to deal with a response," Zakharova added, according to reporting from Russian state media.
Despite staunch support for Ukraine, the Baltic states — Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania — have stayed out of the fighting, providing only military assistance, intelligence support, and humanitarian aid to Kyiv since the start of the full-scale invasion, while keeping their territories off-limits for attacks on Russia.
Zakharova's comments come as Ukraine's military has intensified strikes in recent weeks on Russian oil terminals on the Baltic Sea coast, as Kyiv looks to restrict the windfall gained by Russia from soaring world oil prices.
The strikes have primarily targeted Russia's northwestern Leningrad Oblast, which is situated on the Baltic Sea and neighbors Estonia.
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