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Ship with US heavy combat equipment arrives in Klaipėda

A vessel bringing heavy combat equipment of the US troops deployed for combined exercises with Lithuanian military has arrived in the Lithuanian western port of Klaipėda on Wednesday. […]

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Lithuanian soldiers see off third rotation of US colleagues

The third rotation of troops from the United States Army in Europe’s 173rd Airborne Infantry Brigade were seen off at a formal ceremony held at Rukla garrison last Wednesday. After nearly two months of combined combat training, it will be replaced by the 2nd Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, stationed in Texas, U.S.A., that will continue the joint training with Lithuanian forces, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said. […]

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New shift of US troops with heavy combat equipment coming to Lithuania

A new shift of US troops with heavy combat machinery – Stryker armoured transporters and Bradley infantry fighting vehicles – is starting service in Lithuania on 1 October. […]

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Germany to send 800 soldiers to Baltics next year

In order to consolidate security in Eastern Europe, Germany will send about 800 soldiers to military exercises in the Baltic states next year, the Latvian National Armed Forces’ Commander Raimonds Graube informed LETA. […]

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How long could Lithuania resist open military aggression?

As Russia is engaging in an undeclared war in eastern Ukraine, people in the Baltic states follow developments in Donbass with anxiety, while their leaders work around the clock to ensure that similar scenarios could not be repeated in their backyards. Still, “what would we do if Russia attacked Lithuania?” has become a question regularly discussed in political meetings, lecture halls and pubs. […]

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Most Lithuanians think country could resist military invasion for several days without help

Nearly half of residents of Lithuania believe the country would be able to resist a Russian attack for a few days without NATO’s help, shows a poll commissioned by DELFI. […]