Lithuania has played down the threat posed by Russia's construction of a suspected listening station near its border, the development of which has been highlighted by satellite imagery.

Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovilė Šakalienė responded to Russia's construction of the monitoring site in Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave which would be at the center of hostilities should any conflict between Moscow and NATO break out.

Investigative project Tochnyi reported in August that Russia's development of the site had been proceeding quickly near the Baltic Sea, which has been dubbed a NATO lake following the alliance's expansion to include Finland and Sweden.

But Šakalienė told the Baltic News Service (BNS) on Monday "it is not intended for espionage."

Newsweek has contacted Tochnyi and the L

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