A fake letter announcing the alleged withdrawal of allied troops from Lithuania showed state and non-state actors are trying to capitalise on the Covid-19 crisis, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday. Lithuanian Defence Minister Raimundas Karoblis received the fake email that appeared to be from the NATO chief. It was also sent to the Lithuanian media and addresses at the main NATO headquarters in Brussels. “[The letter] demonstrates…
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NATO troops ‘fall victim’ to coronavirus disinformation – Lithuanian defence minister
Thursday, April 16, 2020Lithuanian Defence Minister Raimundas Karoblis said Allied troops also “fall victims to the corona fake news quite often” and called to strengthen EU and NATO cooperation. “Allied troops also fall victims to the corona fake news quite often,” he said during a teleconference of NATO defence ministers on Wednesday. “Therefore, we find it necessary to keep strengthening cooperation between NATO and EU, especially [in] public resilience, military movement…