Jonas Vytautas Žukas, President Dalia Grybauskaitė, Juozas Olekas
Defence

What would Lithuanian army need in case of military aggression?

Lithuanian army commander General Jonas Vytautas Žukas is convinced that as the country’s government is set to update the state’s armed defence concept, they must envision not just more weapons, but also more soldier training. […]

Chief of Defence of Lithuania Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas
Defence

Baltic battalion to join NATO rapid response force in 2016

The chiefs of defence of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have agreed to send a joint battalion of around 1,000 troops for standby to join NATO’s rapid response force in 2016. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Defence

President Grybauskaitė: Rapid response force will step up Lithuania’s defence

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Tuesday visited the rapid response forces, a structure in the Lithuanian military under formation, and said they would help the country to respond to non-conventional threats, including actions of troops without identification insignia or the instigation of ethnic minorities. […]

Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas
Defence

Lithuanian Armed Forces must now do their homework, chief of defence says

Chief of Defence of Lithuania, Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas, expressed his delight with interesting and intense discussions on further NATO’s actions in response to the changed international security situation when summarizing the results of NATO Military Committee Conference 2014 in Vilnius, the Ministry of National Defence said. […]