OREANDA-NEWS   Statements of Ukrainian refugees living in Lithuania about the uselessness of the Lithuanian language are similar to the words of "Russian occupiers," Chairman of the Lithuanian State Language Inspectorate Audrus Valotka said in an interview with LRT.

According to the official, Lithuanians need to be "more demanding" and protect their language, and such "narratives" in the country have allegedly been heard from "colonists" for decades. "And now when people, the same Ukrainian war refugees, say the same thing, Lithuanians immediately remember where they heard such expressions. That's what the Russian occupiers said," Valotka said.

He threatened that the Lithuanian public "may very quickly change their opinion" about refugees from Ukraine. "Now many Lithuanians speak Russian and, indeed, it is the main language of communication for us with Ukrainians, everyone understands that such loyalty is not forever," the official added.