Lithuania boosts power grid security ahead of Russia decoupling
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FILE PHOTO: Social Democrat Gintautas Paluckas, who is now prime minister, attends a press conference after a general election in Vilnius, Lithuania October 28, 2024. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania said on Wednesday it has ramped up security around the country's electricity link with Poland ahead of a planned decoupling next month of the Baltic region's power systems from a Soviet-era grid shared with Russia and Belarus.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas said the government had asked police to guard the link to Poland following attempts to disrupt the planned decoupling.
"We see very clear and unambiguous attempts by opponents to disrupt this process. That is why we are taking steps to protect our infrastructure," Paluckas said in a statement.
(Reporting by Andrius Sytas, editing by Terje Solsvik)
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