“After Ukraine, next comes Lithuania”: Former CIA chief alarms Putin's plan to challenge the West

According to a report by the DailyMail, during a speech given in London, Petraus has declared that Putin wants to overthrow Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, establish a <x0 political quokull in Kiev and take full control over the country.

He added that: “Once I get this, we'll see their focus on one of the Baltic states”. Speaking of Lithuania in particular, he has said it would be a form of testing for NATO.

Petraus has added that an attack on Lithuania, not necessarily an isolated event, but part of a long-term Kremlin plan to challenge the West. While remembering that Lithuania has always been part of Putin's rhetoric in his statements.

According to the DailyMail at the same time, Petraus has sharply criticised US policies against Ukraine, stressing delays in vital military equipment. He has stated that such delays are very bad “for Ukrainians”, who have often waited months for decisions that were eventually taken too late.

Even a blind man in the dark at night would understand that F-16s needed F”, former CIA director has indicated, criticising the delayed decisions of the Trump administration, both for M1 Abrams tanks and warplanes.

The American general has also mentioned the catastrophic extent of Russia's losses in battle with Ukraine, describing them as the unimaginable “”. According to estimates, since the beginning of the Russian occupation in Ukraine, some 1 million Russians have been killed or injured.