Russian State Media Publishes, Then Deletes Nuclear Threat Against Lithuania

A Russian state-affiliated agency briefly published an article threatening nuclear retaliation against Lithuania, calling it a 'kamikaze' nation, before deleting it. The deletion suggests internal messaging inconsistency or a trial balloon, but the rhetoric marks an escalation in Moscow's verbal pressure on NATO's eastern flank. The incident is unconfirmed as official policy but signals heightened nuclear sabre-rattling amid Baltic tensions.