According to US media reports, since Russia "occupied the sky of Ukraine" at the end of last month, the situation facing The Ukrainian side has become more and more severe. Russia spent four days bombing to basically paralyze Ukraine's internal air bases and anti-aircraft radar stations, and then fighters could carry out missions throughout the territory without hindrance, and ground forces could advance in large numbers. People familiar with the matter said that there are a large number of Russian warplanes and helicopters in the skies of theaters such as Mariupol, and the remaining armored forces of the government army can now not fight, and soldiers can only resist in the bunkers of houses, and if the air supremacy cannot be regained, the war "hardly sees any hope of victory." ”
To this end, Ukrainian President Zelenskiy has been lobbying NATO to block ukraine's skies for more than half a month now. NATO countries support Ukraine with a large amount of equipment, but Zelenskiy believes that only if NATO sets up their airspace as a no-fly zone, Russia's ground military operations can be slowed down and resistance operations can be effective. But NATO rejected the request, saying it would not risk war with Russia to blockade Ukraine's airspace, which could shoot down Russian warplanes and trigger direct war. Zelenskiy then asked NATO again to discuss the matter, and went to the US parliament to give a speech on the matter, but was rejected.
Yesterday afternoon, however, the parliament of Lithuania, a small eastern European country, was buzzing. Lithuanian lawmakers unanimously passed a resolution that would "call on the United Nations to close Ukraine's airspace", which is also the first time in the world that a national parliamentary organization has passed the bill, which has made those who support Ukraine "very excited". Many commentators believe that although Lithuania's economic and political status is not high, they are the only country that dares to risk offending Russia to "take substantive action", which is much better than western countries only expressing solidarity without really helping, and the United Nations has not yet replied to this matter.
This is undoubtedly a direct provocation to Russia's statement, after Russian President Vladimir Putin shouted that if a country established a no-fly zone in Ukraine, it would be regarded as a war against Russia, and Lithuania's behavior was equivalent to stirring up other countries to declare war on Russia. However, the data shows that the Lithuanian army is less than 20,000 people, and there is no large-scale air force structure, and the basic defense must be completed by NATO rotational troops, which means that in the so-called "blockade of Ukrainian airspace" operation, Lithuania will not make any effort, he only shouts through verbal actions to the other countries of the United Nations against Russia, and it is difficult for him to participate in it.
It is also worth mentioning that Lithuania has been particularly active in the War in Ukraine, repeatedly carrying out various provocations against Russia publicly, and even a few days ago, because the European Electoral Officials Association failed to pass a resolution to discuss whether to exclude Russia and Belarus, Lithuania said that it would withdraw from the organization. Some commentators believe that Lithuania has spared no effort to gain benefits from the United States since last year in following the US line; but at least from now on, it has failed, and the Biden administration has no interest in their "loyalty".