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Training range in south Lithuania fitted out for city battle exercises

Training grounds in Kazlų Rūda, southern Lithuania, have been upgraded with a special site, which will accommodate city battle exercises of troops of various army units. […]

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2,500 troops from 8 countries coming to Lithuania for biggest NATO exercise this year

2,500 troops from eight NATO member countries are coming to Lithuania for a large-scale multinational training event, Lithuania’s army said on Wednesday. […]

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The Financial Times: NATO flexes muscles in Baltics amid Russian incursions

With tensions rising between Russia and Western countries over the military crisis in Ukraine, NATO is reporting a marked increase in Russian provocations in the skies over member states in Eastern Europe and the Baltics this year, The Financial Times reports. “You have to go a long way back to see anything like it,” according to one NATO official. […]

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Lithuania to expand its armed forces

As the Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas, on Tuesday endorsed President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s amendments to the martial law, the country’s armed forces are to be expanded. […]