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A reported Russian nuclear strike threat against Lithuania briefly caused alarm before the threat was removed or vanished from view. The episode has raised fresh concerns about nuclear rhetoric directed at NATO member states on Russia's borders and about how such warnings circulate and get retracted. Commentators are watching whether the threat signals official policy or an isolated incident, amid ongoing tensions between Russia and the Baltic states.
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Vladimir Putin has issued a warning directed at the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, all NATO and EU members. The remarks add to growing concern in the region over Russian rhetoric and potential provocations along NATO's eastern flank, with officials and commentators debating how seriously to take the threat and what response it may trigger.