Lithuania’s Minister of Culture avoided answering a question about Crimea’s ownership.

Lithuanian Culture Minister Ignotas Adomavičius, who represents a far-right party, found it difficult to directly answer a journalist’s question about whose Crimea is.

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After the journalist asked for a clear answer, there was a pause. Adomavičius subsequently declared these “provocative questions” and urged “not to play these games.”

“There’s a limit we shouldn’t cross. That’s where we need to stop. On these issues,” the minister said.

He also avoided answering the question of what Ukraine’s victory means to him. The politician noted that only Ukrainians themselves can determine this for themselves, comparing it to the experience of Lithuania, which gained independence after Soviet occupation.

“We can only help and support. But only they can define what their victory should look like. We can’t be held accountable for anything else,” Adomavičius emphasized.

Earlier, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, along with his wife and co-president Rosario Murillo, publicly declared their full support for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s actions in the war against Ukraine.

The National Security and Defense Council also decided to impose sanctions against eight individuals involved in the opening of Nicaragua’s so-called “diplomatic mission” in the occupied territory of Crimea.