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During his three years in a Belarusian penal colony, human rights activist Leanid Sudalenka says he and other political prisoners were regularly deprived of family visits, phone calls and parcels. He nearly died when COVID-19 swept through the facility. And he was forced to spend the last nine days of his sentence in a damp punishment cell, sleeping on the concrete floor with a roll of toilet paper for a pillow.

President Biden concluded a three-day trip to Ukraine and Poland on Wednesday, telling Eastern European allies that NATO will have their back if Russia tries to expand the war.

"The US-Lithuania relationship can be best described as same-mother siblings," stated Elijus Civilis, General Manager of Invest Lithuania, the country's national investment promotion agency.

Lithuania has labeled Russia a terrorist state and formally accused the Kremlin of genocide in its invasion of Ukraine.

Viewed from Paris, London and Washington, the events unfolding in Ukraine may seem like a new Cold War taking shape in Europe.