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Defence

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. […]

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. […]

Liudas Gumbinas
Defence

Commander of Riflemen’s Union: In event of aggression, Lithuania would not repeat mistakes of 1940

In the event of aggression, Lithuania would not repeat the mistake it made in 1940 and would resist occupation, Lieutenant Colonel Liudas Gumbinas, commander of the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union, said on Thursday. […]

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Defence

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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Russian Soldiers – cheap and luckless (II)

There’s no difference in the way Russia treats its civilians or its soldiers and it’s this aspect of Russia that makes it a true successor of Soviet tradition, Ramūnas Bogdanas argues. […]