Europe's new iron curtain: Lithuania plans 30-mile-deep 'defence line' along Baltic borders with min

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Europe's new iron curtain: Lithuania plans 30-mile-deep 'defence line' along Baltic borders with minefields, booby-trapped bridges and anti-tank dragon's teeth to stop Russia invading

Daily Mail
By PERKIN AMALARAJ
20 August 2025



Lithuania has revealed plans to dig a 30-mile-wide ribbon of defences on its borders with Russia and Belarus that will include minefields and bridges set to blow up in case Russia invades.

The plans are part of a Baltic-wide push for more defence, amid increasing aggression from Russia and its allies.

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, alongside Poland, have been fortifying their borders, adding obstacles and redoubts to existing fences. All four are also looking for EU funding for these projects.

When complete, having been in the works since early last year, the Baltic defence line is estimated to be more than 940 miles long and will limit Russia's ability to launch attacks from its own territory, Kaliningrad and Belarus.

Lithuania, in particular, began setting up dozens of so-called 'engineering parks' filled with 'counter-mobility' equipment.

These initially included razor wire, concrete roadblocks, Czech Hedgehogs (a type of anti-tank barrier), as well as dragon's teeth (concrete pyramids).

But Lithuania has now said that it is looking to further layer its defences, stretching them wide enough to protect Vilnius, the capital. Lithuania's border with Kaliningrad and Belarus is over 590 miles long.

The new ribbon will be made of three layers. The first, estimated to be three miles wide, will begin with an anti-tank ditch next to the border fence. This will then be followed by an embankment, strips of dragon's teeth and minefields, and then two layers of strongpoints for defending infantry.

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[DefiantMassRINO]

What if the Ruskies drop in by air like the Krauts did on Fort Ében-Émael, Belgium, in May, 1940?

[Canuck Conservative]

What if the Ruskies drop in by air like the Krauts did on Fort Ében-Émael, Belgium, in May, 1940?

Considering how Russia has treated the Baltic States over the years, they'd probably be slaughtered

Good riddance