Between Lithuania and Belarus, 30 kilometers from the NATO summit with a view of Putin’s weapons

WOODMEN (Lithuania – Belarus border) – Ivar observes the border where he grew up, too close for his family’s peace of mind. So he points to the seven crosses of the memorial for the massacre of July 31, and admonishes: “It has already happened, it’s not fantasy. Therefore we are afraid and we need your protection”.

Le sette croci ricordano Mindaugas Balavakas, Algimantas Juozaks, Juozas Janonis, Algirdas Kazlauskas, Antanas Musteikis, Stanislovas Orlavicius and Ricardas Rabavicius, guardie di frontiera che insieme a Tomas Šernas sorvegliavano la postazione doganale che all’epoca separava