The Russian State Duma has claimed it could defeat Lithuania within 24 hours and declared that “the Baltics should belong to Russia.”

This statement came from Alexei Zhuravlev, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee, in response to Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda, who stated that the Kaliningrad Region historically belongs to Lithuania Minor.

“If we are revisiting the outcomes of World War II, then the entire Baltic region should belong to Russia, as it did before the revolution. That includes Vilna, now Vilnius, which was the capital of the Vilnius Governorate of the Russian Empire since 1795,” Zhuravlev told RIA Novosti.

He also mentioned that Russia “could benefit from the Suwałki Corridor” to ensure easier access to Kaliningrad.

In typical Russian “diplomatic” fashion, Zhuravlev urged Lithuania to “keep its mouth shut,” calling its army “one of the weakest in the world” and claiming Lithuania would not withstand a confrontation with Russia “even for 24 hours.”