Three years later, Neliupšienė became Lithuania’s ambassador to the EU in 2015, serving in that position until 2020. She spoke only a week after Trump questioned both his allegiance to the continent as well as the defense of Ukraine. Neliupšienė: ‘Russia has to stop bombing Ukraine’Lithuania, a nation of 2.8 million people, already spends just over 3% of its GDP on defense. All 27 member states believe that Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine is an existential threat to our own security. Russia’s war in Ukraine was on the top of the transatlantic agenda when she started her position in January 2024,” Grigas told The Diplomat.