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Lithuania’s leader called the decision to join the Party a “youthful mistake” Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda confirmed on Wednesday that he had joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1988, as reported by several media outlets.

Kiev and “a number of foreign states” are trying to tamper with means of communication, the foreign ministry has said Ukraine has been trying to disrupt Russian civilian communication satellites, the foreign ministry in Moscow said on Wednesday, adding that unspecified foreign states were aiding Kiev in the effort.