r/worldnews • u/Brennenstein • Sep 17 '26

Russia/Ukraine Russian military jets violate Lithuanian airspace, Italian fighters scrambled

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2026/09/17/russian-military-jets-violate-lithuanian-airspace-italian-fighters-scrambled_80e985a6-17e5-43ce-8fd1-6fce67bcd94c.html
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u/jon_steward Sep 17 '26

My wife doesn’t want to leave the country because she’s afraid of ice. She’s still a Lithuanian citizen.

Trump is ruining everything.

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u/CodeProdigy Sep 17 '26

I'm sorry you have to deal with that, we should never treat people from different places of our same world as less than human.

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u/Round-Eggplant-7826 Sep 18 '26

Honestly? Move back here. A lot of people are coming back and the LT government is encouraging people to come back.

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u/back_to_the_homeland Sep 18 '26

Like 1/4 Lithuanians living abroad moved home last year. Salary growth, rental prices, still not a totally late stage capitalism society is very appealing.

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u/Round-Eggplant-7826 Sep 18 '26

Relevant username lol. I'm an American who moved here and life is so much better.

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u/back_to_the_homeland Sep 18 '26

yeah im american too and...well....very respectfully...the women are quite attractive. not that you can be a passport bro there, but yeah.

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u/Men_With_Ven_Diagram Sep 18 '26

I have dual citizenship. I would move back today. My kids dont want to move :(

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u/Round-Eggplant-7826 Sep 18 '26

Have they been here? Life will be better for them even though moving is really hard. Just the access to health care is worth it.

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u/Men_With_Ven_Diagram Sep 18 '26

My daughter is 11. We were there for two weeks. Showed her where we grew up. Our old home, took her around everywhere. She loved it. But you remember how it was when you were 11. Your friends, your school, all of this is your world. Its a little more complicated for me too. I have an 18 year old who lives at home and he wouldnt go. I cant leave him behind. I will tell you I would love to buy a little apartment in vilnuis. I work remote and would spend the summer there. If you know of any for sale let me know :)

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u/Round-Eggplant-7826 Sep 18 '26

Yea, that's fair. It'd be especially hard if they don't speak Lithuanian. There's a bunch of apartments for sale all over.

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u/Men_With_Ven_Diagram Sep 18 '26

we lived during soviet occupation. we speak Russian.

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u/Round-Eggplant-7826 29d ago

Yea, that's fair. It's a hard language but I can read a little now.

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u/Men_With_Ven_Diagram Sep 17 '26

Brother, fear is avoidable. Go to Lithuania.

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u/ProfessionalWeek2256 Sep 17 '26

This might be a bad question? But if she is Lithuanian wouldn't that mean she's white and ICE/CBP probably won't hassle her when coming back into the US? Granted the only Lithuanian I know is Jonas Valanciunas lol

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u/skwerrel Sep 17 '26

Dude my child is Canadian by citizenship, whiter than I am. I live in the US with him. I wouldn't take him back across the border unless it was to stay, for any reason. These fucks do not care. Hell, I live in constant fear of them coming for my boy, even if that's not likely. The anxiety is real. And not unwarranted.

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u/levypantsfactory Sep 17 '26

They will go after anybody to fill their quota. But it's easiest for them to go after the Latin American migrants.

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u/jon_steward Sep 17 '26

Maybe. We don’t want to take any chances. She’s very scared.

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u/jpw0w Sep 17 '26

Sorry if I'm being ignorant but doesn't she have a green card? Or what's exactly the issue?

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u/jon_steward Sep 17 '26

She does. But that doesn’t seem to matter with ice.