Lithuania's parliament is advancing
an amendment to scrap Article 137, a ban on weapons of mass destruction and
foreign bases added after independence from the Soviet Union in the early 1990s.
Leaders like President Gitanas Nausėda argue it no longer suits the current security landscape, especially with Russia bordering via Kaliningrad and Belarus, and they have no plans to host nuclear arms in peacetime.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned on September 11 that any deployment would target Russia and make Lithuania a prime target for Moscow's nuclear forces, labeling it a serious escalation. The change needs two votes with strong majority support and could pass by early 2027.