A few days ago I received a message on the Signal messenger from my old friend. His name is Olexander. He served in an elite special forces unit from 2014-to 2017 in the Donbas. When […]
It is proposed to restructure Lithuania’s Riflemen Union ( LŠS) fundamentally: the organisation’s civilian areas of activity would be expanded, and the authority would be transferred from the Ministry of National Defence to the Government, […]
The military strategies of Ukraine and Russia in their full-fledged war. From what points did the counterparts start, and how did the strategy change during the war. I spent two weeks in Donbas, a full-scale […]
The Russian propaganda machine was blowing harder than ever before in the run-up to the war. At the moment, about 400 lies are directed against Lithuania every month, but sometimes the whole propaganda chorus gets […]
On the 9th of June, the General Silvestras Žukauskas Training Area of the Lithuanian Armed Forces (Pabradės eldership) hosted a change of battalions ceremony of the United States of America (USA) rotational forces in Lithuania […]
There are many signs that Russia’s resources are dwindling and the Kremlin is not generating new capabilities, Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas said on June 8. Nevertheless, the minister does not rule out that […]
President Gitanas Nausėda and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited General Silvestras Žukauskas’s training ground on 6 June. According to the Head of State, the German Chancellor’s promise to create a strong brigade in the Baltic […]
The working groups have finalised the parties’ agreement on strengthening national security. Still, in the event of a divergence of views, the two important benchmarks will be dropped and replaced by more abstract formulations of […]
Changes and breakthroughs that were barely imaginable just a few months ago are on the increase. But the direction in which global processes are moving is still shrouded in fog. This is true both of […]
After the State Security Department (DSS) explicitly identified the threat of possible terrorist attacks by far-right groups in the near future for the first time this year, experts consider that the intelligence services would not […]
On 13 May, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin said they support the idea of the country joining NATO. Experts say that the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO would significantly […]
Although the West is already sending heavy weapons to Ukraine, the Ukrainian armed forces are not yet in a position to develop a significant offensive against the Russians. Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas […]
Morally, psychologically, Ukraine has won the war against Russia. But, physically, I do not have a clear opinion on how it will be Mečys Laurinkus writes in lrytas.lt. The moral victory is based on resistance […]
This is because the accession of Sweden and Finland would make the Alliance dominant in the Baltic Sea, undermine the defence of the Kaliningrad region, and force Russia to re-plan how it will protect St […]
The Russian Ministry of Defence on March 18 reported that Russian forces had used Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and destroyed an underground depot for missiles and aviation ammunition in the village of Delyatina in Western Ukraine. […]
The migration crises caused by the Belarusian authorities on the Eastern border of the EU in 2021 have shaken Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. The EU should draw a lot of lessons from this hybrid attack. […]
Russia’s month-long invasion of Ukraine is changing the mood in Lithuania. People wonder whether there would be enough places for everyone to shelter safely in a disaster. For their part, the country’s authorities reassure that […]
Lithuanian Chief of Army Valdemaras Rupšys says that it is important for Lithuania to have the largest possible deterrent capability in the country. He also points out that the allied troop strength in the country […]
As Ukraine struggles against Russia, there are more and more questions in Lithuania about universal conscription: could universal conscription be introduced in Lithuania? When could this be done? According to National Security and the Armed […]
The Russian Federation lagged significantly behind in unmanned platforms a decade ago if compared with the USA, Peoples Republic of China, and even Israel, but now it is catching up. The government’s efforts in this […]
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