Vilnius (AFP)
July 09, 2014
NATO member Lithuania said Wednesday it will provide free medical care for Ukrainian troops injured in clashes with pro-Russian rebels.
A first group of four soldiers will arrive in the Baltic EU state for treatment next week, foreign ministry spokeswoman Rasa Jakilaitiene told AFP.
Formerly Soviet-ruled Lithuania, a nation of three million, is a vocal advocate of stronger EU ties with Ukraine and has viewed Russia's role in the Ukraine crisis with suspicion.
Vilnius already provided free treatment to 22 Ukrainians injured in pro-EU protests that erupted in Kiev late last year, leading to the ouster of its pro-Russian president.
Ukraine on Tuesday rejected talks with pro-Moscow rebels on a truce to halt the bloody insurgency that broke out following the ouster, costing nearly 500 lives and inflaming East-West ties.
Lithuania, the first republic to break free from the Soviet Union in 1990, joined the European Union and NATO in 2004 and now is firmly anchored in the West.
Source: Space War.
Link: http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Lithuania_to_treat_injured_Ukrainian_troops_999.html.
July 09, 2014
NATO member Lithuania said Wednesday it will provide free medical care for Ukrainian troops injured in clashes with pro-Russian rebels.
A first group of four soldiers will arrive in the Baltic EU state for treatment next week, foreign ministry spokeswoman Rasa Jakilaitiene told AFP.
Formerly Soviet-ruled Lithuania, a nation of three million, is a vocal advocate of stronger EU ties with Ukraine and has viewed Russia's role in the Ukraine crisis with suspicion.
Vilnius already provided free treatment to 22 Ukrainians injured in pro-EU protests that erupted in Kiev late last year, leading to the ouster of its pro-Russian president.
Ukraine on Tuesday rejected talks with pro-Moscow rebels on a truce to halt the bloody insurgency that broke out following the ouster, costing nearly 500 lives and inflaming East-West ties.
Lithuania, the first republic to break free from the Soviet Union in 1990, joined the European Union and NATO in 2004 and now is firmly anchored in the West.
Source: Space War.
Link: http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Lithuania_to_treat_injured_Ukrainian_troops_999.html.
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