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Q and A with Gediminas Varvuolis

08.06.2022 20:00
The Ambassador At Large at the Europe Department of Lithuania's Foreign Ministry discusses unprecedented level of solidarity of Lithuanian people with Ukraine, following Russian invasion there on February 24, and what he calls 'Europe's toxic dependence on Russian energy resources'. 
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Gediminas Varvuolis
Gediminas VarvuolisPhoto: Radio Poland

"We share the same Soviet past and have a moral obligation to bring Ukraine closer to Europe" Gediminas Varvuolis told Radio Poland explaining why, as he put it, Lithuanians take it so deeply to heart. The story of a Lithuanian influencer, who raised €5m in just 3 days of crowdfunding campaign to gift Bayraktar drone to Ukraine, is just one recent proof of that.

Presented by Danuta Isler