Posted on 01/13/2016 11:44:45 AM PST by BeadCounter
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — With flowers and solemn speeches, Lithuanians on Wednesday marked the 25th anniversary of a deadly Soviet crackdown that failed to quash the Baltic country's quest for independence.
Hundreds of people gathered in Vilnius in freezing temperatures to honor the 14 people killed when Soviet troops and tanks moved into a crowd of protesters outside a TV tower on Jan. 13, 1991.
The attacks only emboldened Lithuanians to demand freedom, which they gained later that year.
President Dalia Grybauskaite drew parallels between those events and Ukraine's conflict with Moscow, saying "we feel a bond of unity with the people of Ukraine whose representatives are among us today."
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Good for these people in standing up to an abusive government!
Just like I am sure American leftist Approved the Invasion of Hungary and Czechoslovakia, at the same time protesting the War in Vietnam.
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