Raimundas Karoblis
Defence

Zapad exercise alarming due to simulated attacks against NATO

The Russian-Belarusian exercise Zapad to take place close to the Lithuanian border in September is alarming due to the simulated attacks against the NATO Alliance, says Lithuania’s Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis. […]

President Grybauskaitė meets the US Secretary of Defense James Mattis
Defence

US defense secretary pledges to defend Baltc states but can’t elaborate on Patriot systems

United States Secretary of Defense James Mattis said in Vilnius on Wednesday that the US was ready to deploy defense systems in the Baltic states to deter Russia, however, has given no comment on the possibility to bring long-range defense systems Patriot. […]

NATO flag
Defence

Russian fake news seeks to generate Baltic opposition to NATO presence

Russian media outlets in Moscow and in the Baltic countries have stepped up their efforts to generate opposition among Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). These media sources have been putting out fake news stories suggesting that NATO was recruiting Russian speakers, especially in Latvia, to use “as guinea pigs” to test new “physical, biological and other techniques.” The goal of such “experimentation” is purportedly to prepare the Balts to help the Western alliance invade the Russian Federation. […]

Pratybos "Kardo kirtis"
Defence

Lithuania’s army special operators exercising in Vilnius

Special Operations Forces of the Lithuanian Armed Forces are conducting training in Vilnius on Friday […]

Minister of Interior in Šalčininkai
Defence

Drill scenario didn’t involve proclamation of Šalčininkai republic

The scenario of a recent exercise organized by the Lithuanian Interior Ministry did not envisage the use of training weapons and the proclamation of “the People’s Republic of Šalčininkai”, Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas said on Wednesday. […]