From the commander of the Lithuanian army – an open warning to Lithuanians about the threat of war: “Don’t run anywhere, the ditches will be full of corpses, so we will have to compensate for the losses, we will keep women laying down in the trenches too”

"The commander of the Lithuanian army, General Raimundas Vaikšnoras, said in an interview with the LRT portal that if there is a war, the situation would be terrible.

 

"Every person can be a supporter or helper of the army," R. Vaikšnoras told the LRT portal. According to R. Vaikšnoras, it would be much more beneficial for the army if there were no civilians on the front line. In this case, soldiers would not need to protect them, take care of their evacuation and could concentrate on direct work. However, according to the army commander, there are many important tasks in the rear that someone must perform so that soldiers can fight successfully. Fighting saboteurs, protecting strategic objects and simply performing ordinary work functions in order to ensure the functioning of energy facilities, water supply, food production and other vital functions for the country.

 

According to the general, every person is a weapon defending the state. "Whoever can, cooks food, bandages wounds, carries ammunition, if necessary. The more people we have performing different functions, the stronger we will be. And again, it acts as a deterrent," said R. Vaikšnoras.

 

R. Vaikšnoras emphasized that if all civilians fled the country, the situation would not bode well either. It's good, there are shootings, raids, explosions, there are few civilian deaths, but how will we replenish, how will we compensate for the losses? Because there will be our losses too, ditches will be full of corpses. I say this very responsibly, I won't beat around the bush, we will have losses. We will have to compensate for those losses. And not only men, but also women, perhaps, will have to compensate," the general said."