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Lithuania boosts security on its power grid with Poland ahead of decoupling from the Soviet-era system shared with Russia and Belarus next month.
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania said on Wednesday it has ramped up security around the country's electricity link with Poland ahead of a planned decoupling next month of the Baltic region's power systems from a Soviet-era grid shared with Russia and Belarus.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas said the government had asked police to guard the link to Poland following attempts to disrupt the planned decoupling.
"We see very clear and unambiguous attempts by opponents to disrupt this process. That is why we are taking steps to protect our infrastructure," Paluckas said in a statement.
(Reporting by Andrius Sytas, editing by Terje Solsvik)
The article discusses Lithuania's efforts to enhance power grid security ahead of decoupling from the Soviet-era grid shared with Russia and Belarus.
Lithuania is increasing security to protect its electricity link with Poland from disruption attempts as it prepares to decouple from the Soviet-era grid.
The Lithuanian government, led by Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas, has requested police to guard the electricity link with Poland.
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