The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania face the specter of aggression from Russia, US Vice President Mike Pence has claimed.
“No threat looms larger in the Baltic States than the specter of aggression from your unpredictable neighbor to the east,” Pence on Monday during a joint press conference with Baltic leaders in Tallinn, Estonia.
“At this very moment, Russia continues to seek to redraw international borders by force, undermine democracies of sovereign nations, and divide the free nations of Europe — one against another,” he added.
Earlier this month, the US deployed the Patriot missile system to Lithuania to be used in NATO military drills, the first time the advanced missiles have been sent to the Baltics near Russia’s border.
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia possess only short-range anti-aircraft missiles, leaving their air space largely unprotected in the event of hostilities.
The Baltic states have expressed…