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Lithuania confiscates military goods from Kaliningrad-Moscow trains, gives them to Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

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[-] Marduk73@sh.itjust.works 39 points 2 months ago

Not a very big haul, but the symbolism is huge.

[-] Badeendje@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

Yeah, it's not much, but it's honest work.

[+] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 months ago

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[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 6 points 2 months ago

Country enforcing customs code is now a provocation?

[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This isn't a perfect analogy, but imagine you were driving 25 mph over the speed limit and a cop gave you a ticket. You'd be upset but you'd know that you deserved it. Now imagine that you were only going 1 mph over the speed limit. Now if you got a ticket you would be angry because it was such bullshit. I think carrying out a seizure over

five pairs of military camouflage trousers and several camouflage nets

is more like the second category than the first. I'm not expressing sympathy for Russia here; I just think that pushing them even the tiniest bit closer to doing something really stupid isn't worth it when it doesn't lead to any military advantage.

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 7 points 2 months ago

Nobody cares what Russia thinks tho. As way Russia doesn't care when it does cyber attacks on Lithuania. It is a geo political stand off. The point is to make Russians uncomfortable. They are lucky they are still permitted to cross NATO territory. Force these clowns take the Baltic 🫢

Officers saw contraband confiscated it and state is running as propaganda now.

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Now imagine that you were only going 1 mph over the speed limit. Now if you got a ticket you would be angry because it was such bullshit. I think carrying out a seizure over

Your analogy would be so great if that slightly too fast driver wasn't a drug smuggler.

Also, rule 1: Sympathy for enemy combatants in any form is prohibited.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Lithuanian customs officers discovered military uniforms and camouflage nets on passenger trains traveling from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad to Moscow, the Delfi outlet reported on Oct. 5.