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The United States says it stands firmly behind Lithuania and NATO commitments to defend it after Russia warned the EU member country over restrictions on rail transit. "We stand by our NATO allies and we stand by Lithuania," State Department spokesman Ned Price tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is welcomed at the presidential palace by the country's president Gitanas Nausėda in Vilnius after arriving in the Lithuanian capital for an unannounced visit to the Baltic states, staunch allies of the war-torn country. Lithuania is the biggest donor to Ukraine in terms of GDP, according to the German-based Kiel Institute for the World Economy. IMAGES
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomes his Polish and Lithuanian counterparts Andrzej Duda and Gitanas Nauseda to Kyiv. Both Lithuania and Poland have expressed staunch solidarity with Ukraine since Russia began its invasion of its pro-Western neighbour last year. IMAGES
"They have no idea what's coming," warns US President Joe Biden as he tells Russian oligarchs the West will "seize their yachts, their luxury apartments, their private jets" and announces banning Russian aircraft from US airspace. SOUNDBITE
Moscow (Russia), Dec 22 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Maxim Shipenkov).- The mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin has signed a decree to ban the New Year celebrations as well as Christmas events in the city. FOOTAGE OF A HOSPITAL IN MOSCOW.
Moscow, Dec 9 (EFE) .- (Camera: Ignacio Ortega) The dry law imposed by health authorities before, during and after vaccination against Covid-19 has angered Russians ahead of the holidays and New Years, traditionally drenched in vodka and champagne.FOOTAGE OF THE SPUTNIK HOSPITAL IN MOSCOW, WHERE PEOPLE ARE GETTING VACCINATED.