Defence

Nausėda: Lithuania’s one dream has practically become a reality

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 […]

Central/Eastern Europe

Anušauskas: Russia has a three-week time window, after which the situation in Ukraine could change 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 […]

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Defence

Experts reassuring but also urge Lithuanians to be prepared

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 […]

Central/Eastern Europe

Former army chief: Russia strategically “missed the target” on all points of its war plan against Ukraine

When news reached Lithuania early Friday morning that the Zaporozhe nuclear power plant in Zaporozhe, the most powerful in Europe, on the banks of the Dnieper River in south-eastern Ukraine, had been shelled by the […]