January 13th is The Freedom Defenders Day in Lithuania 🇱🇹
On the night of #Jan13 1991 unarmed civilians defended the Lithuanian Parliament and held strong against brutal aggression of Soviet Union. While national radio and TV broadcaster was captured and choked, occupiers did not manage to break will and determination of free people 💪
Fourteen people were killed and hundreds more were injured when Soviet troops stormed the TV Tower and the Radio and Television Committee building in Vilnius, in the early hours of January 13, 1991.
Lithuania declared restoration of independence on March 11th, 1990.



