Lithuanian Army Chief Valdemaras Rupšys. Photo MoD.
Defence

Army Chief on drills in Belarus and unprecedented number of Russian troops: different nature and different objectives

The large-scale joint Russian-Belarusian military drills that started on Thursday in Belarus are also taking place just 10 kilometres from the Lithuanian border. Lithuanian Armed Forces Commander Valdemaras Rupšys has assessed the risk of possible […]

Defence

Ammunition production in Lithuania: time for investments!

Lithuanian government owns the Giraitė Armament Factory (GAF) that would face few mid and long-term challenges despite current profitability. The article details the challenges and proposes ways to deal with them. The Giraitė Armament Factory […]

Russian troops
Central/Eastern Europe

A culture of warfare adopted by Russia that we don‘t even understand

A Prussian culture of warfare, which is entirely atypical for the West, is typical for Russia and so, we often fail to understand Moscow’s aims and modus operandi. This culture is naturally exclusively goal-oriented. If […]

Moscow
Defence

Laurinkus. Russian propaganda operates purposefully so as to make for even a convincing bubble

Well known international publications on military affairs and not only them, but global conflict scenarios are also increasing in number. There was no lack of them even before, but it was mostly either discussed by […]