Last month saw an increase in the flow of disinformation in Lithuania, with targets including the Bayraktar combat drone fundraising campaign, the Lithuanian military said on June 13. Analysts recorded 411 cases of negative information activities in May, up from 379 in April. The military makes its findings public, providing an analysis of topics at…
“According to the semi-annual assessment of defence expenditures, their share of GDP at year-end will reach the level of 2.4%,” the Defence Ministry wrote in a press release. “The level of 2.4% of GDP on defence, which is planned to be achieved until the end of the year, also assumes Polish GDP growth included in…
Lithuania’s Customs Criminal Service has launched an arms smuggling investigation after discovering military helicopter holders for the launch of aviation bombs in a warehouse of a Kaunas company. The discovery was made in late May. According to customs officers, the company intended to ship the holders abroad. The service said in a press release that…
Lithuanian Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas is visiting Paris on June 13-14 where he is to sign a letter of intent on purchasing French self-propelled 155mm howitzers Caesar with newly appointed French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecorn. The ministers would also sign documents enabling the Lithuanian Ministry of Defence to join the development programme of the Caesar…
A Georgian-Polish enterprise Delta WB will begin producing Georgia-made unmanned aerial vehicles until the end of the year, Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze has said. During his address to MPs at the Parliament, the official said the enterprise, which had already been established, would also produce “suicide” and reconnaissance drones in the country. He further noted…
Lithuania’s former president (2009-2019) Dalia Grybauskaite has slammed the EU’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In Grybauskaite’s view, rambling over sanctions shows the weakness of democratic countries, cause great reputational damage to the West and, at the same time, give Pootin the green light for further aggression. – The war in Ukraine has been…
Turkey has gifted a Bayraktar combat drone to Lithuania to be handed over to Ukraine, journalist and public figure Andrius Tapinas said on June 2. “Turkey and the Baykar manufacturer have decided to gift to Lithuania a state-of-the-art Bayraktar TB2 combat drone with all optics and essentials,” Tapinas wrote on Facebook. Last week, ordinary Lithuanians…