Lithuania is a member of NATO Alliance, we are adhering to the commitments we have made to the NATO Alliance, U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price said at a briefing.

"That includes, of course, a commitment to Article 5 that is the bedrock of the NATO Alliance. This is a campaign that includes dozens of countries around the world, including blocs of countries, in this case the EU but also individual countries using their national authorities.

Lithuania has been a stalwart partner in this. We stand by NATO. We stand by our NATO Allies, and we stand by Lithuania," a representative of the US Department of State said.

Earlier, Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that possible retaliatory measures to Lithuania's limitation of Kaliningrad transit would be not diplomatic, but practical, and were already being considered at the interdepartmental level.

According to her, the EU and Lithuania "were told about the need to change the steps taken, and if this does not happen, then retaliatory measures will be introduced.

As it was reported, since 18 June, rail transit of cargoes to Kaliningrad region from other regions of Russia was considerably cut by the Lithuanian authorities within the framework of sanctions policy. A ban was imposed on the transit of a large number of sanctioned products.

Earlier on Tuesday, it became known that Lithuania had imposed restrictions on the transportation of sanctioned goods in Kaliningrad as well as for the transit of cargo by trucks.

The Charge d'Affaires of Lithuania in Russia, Virginia Umbrasene, was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry. A protest was made to the head of the diplomatic mission. The Russian side demanded the immediate cancellation of the restrictions.

Lithuania, for its part, said that it had not imposed unilateral restrictions, as such a ban is provided by the EU sanctions. They were imposed on Russia due to its actions in Ukraine, Interfax reported.