Overview
- Sputnik Lithuania, cited by RIA Novosti, reported that Social Democratic Party leader Mindaugas Sinkevičius said Lithuania could consider restricting transit to the Russian exclave.
- Russian senator Sergey Perminov denounced European politicians’ rhetoric on a potential blockade, using sharply critical language in comments to RIA Novosti.
- Kaliningrad representative in the Federation Council Alexander Shenderyuk-Zhidkov said the region would remain fully supplied if land transit were curtailed.
- He noted most freight already moves by sea linking Kaliningrad with St. Petersburg and ports in the Leningrad region, and argued limits would breach the 2002 Russia–EU joint statement.
- The Belarusian government clarified rules for Lithuanian trailers and semi‑trailers, allowing movement through the Benyakoni–Šalčininkai and Kamenny Log–Medininkai checkpoints for cargo operations at designated sites.