While it was too early to tell who the attacker was, all evidence pointed to a professional operation, according to Vitkauskas.
“One thing is clear — the longer the investigation goes on, the clearer it becomes that the operation itself was professional, well-planned and whoever carried it out was either well-prepared or received very good instructions,” Vitkauskas said.
On Wednesday, Lithuania’s intelligence agency announced that the attack on Volkov was likely “Russian organized.”
According to Interior Minister Agnė Bilotaitė, the national threat level has not been raised despite the attack.
“The services are doing their job, several versions are being investigated,” she said in a meeting with the commissioner of the police. “Various provocations have become our everyday life. Before Putin’s upcoming pseudo-election, they may increase even more, so we have to be more vigilant.”
