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context: January 13th is Freedom Defenders Day in Lithuania. On this day in 1991, Soviet soldiers attacked Lithuania civilians shortly after the Baltic country gained its independence from the bloc, leaving 14 people dead in Vilnius >
  
  
  Amber Grid said there are two parallel pipelines in the area, with the company saying "initial data indicate that the explosion occurred in one of them. The other pipeline was not damaged." >
  
  Russia.... >
  
  First thing I thought too, especially after I saw the headline the other day of the Lithuanian president makes unannounced visit to Ukraine and the support they give Ukraine. >
  
  Attack against NATO country? >
  
  If it is on pourpose from russia it could trigger article 5 >
  
  It won't, but would definitely yield a reaction, whether implicit or explicit. >
  
  True >
  
  Russia, obviously. >
  
  What is the point of it for Russia?
  If anything, it'll make harder to sell gas >
  
  Blowing up Nordstream also makes that alot harder, yet i am also pretty sure they're behind that.
  The Kremlin does not think logically or act rationally. >
  
  The conspiracy theorist in me is having a goddamned field day with this goddamned war. >
  
  Just when it looked like Europe could get through the winter, too. >
  
  Ah yes, because the Baltics are vital for the Europe's gas supplies, lol >
  
  Last time I checked, Baltics were in EU, so incidents that threaten them also threaten the EU.
  And while thus isn't a major incident, Lithuania's pipelines do supply all 3 Baltic countries. >
  
  The guilty verdict is fairly obvious >
  
  Wonder who has something to gain from this? Hmmmm >
  
  Probably whoever gets the contract to rebuild the pipeline, nobody else will gain anything.