2024-04-09 14:17:23
The Kremlin’s mouthpiece noted that the planned presence of Lithuania, the ambassador assures – they chose Lithuania voluntarily”>German troops in Lithuania would escalate tensions.
“Sending German soldiers to Lithuania and plans until 2027 establishing a military base here creates a dangerous situation at Russia‘s borders, so Moscow must take special measures to ensure its security,” Russian news agency TASS quotes V. Putin’s representative as saying.
“This continues to escalate tensions, creates dangerous zones for us along our borders, which of course requires us to take special measures to ensure our security,” the spokesperson noted.
On Monday, the primary management group of the headquarters of the 45th “Lietuva” brigade of the German army arrived in Vilnius – more than 20 German soldiers and the commander of the Land Forces of the German army, Gen. Lt. Alphonse Mais. It is planned that a total of 5 thousand people will move to Lithuania. Soldiers and civilians of the German brigade.
Minister of National Defense Laurynas Kasčiūnas assured that the process of deploying German troops is going according to plan – in 2027, the German brigade should operate in Lithuania at full operational capacity. L. Kasčiūnas indicated that only the initial control group arrived in Lithuania on Monday, at that time another group of soldiers is expected in the fall, and the main stage of the raising of German soldiers is scheduled for 2025-2026.
2024-04-09 14:17:23