Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has called on Western leaders to step up military support to Kyiv against Russia’s aggression after new mass graves and evidence of torture have been found in liberated Ukrainian territories. “Russia continues with its genocide against the Ukrainian nation. Mass graves and torture chambers in the city of Izium, which has…
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said the country should adopt joint decisions on air and coastal defence with Poland. “We need to strengthen practical defence cooperation between our countries, including the possibility of adopting joint decisions in the areas of coastal defence and air defence,” Nauseda said in a statement. A joint meeting of the Lithuanian…
On September 16, Lithuania began building a new military base in Pajuris, a small town in the western district of Silale. Darnu Group will build the new military infrastructure site under a contract signed with the Defence Ministry last year. The new complex will be built next to modular barracks that have housed the Brigadier…
Lithuania’s national defence budget will slightly exceed 2.5% of the country’s GDP next year, Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas has said. “I expect the figure to be higher in monetary terms, but it will probably be slightly higher than 2.5%,” the minister said on September 15. Anusauskas said he would like the budget to be higher,…
Lithuania has so far provided military support to Ukraine worth around 200 million euros, Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said on September 14. “Lithuania’s total military support amounts to around 200 million euros,” the minister said in a Facebook post. In his words, “fifty M113 armoured personnel carriers have recently been sent to Ukraine”. “A decision…
Fifty more armoured Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) will reach Lithuania in November, Deputy Minister of Defence Vilius Semeska has announced. “50 of the 200 units ordered under the contract will be delivered to Lithuania in early November,” he said in a Facebook post. Representatives of the Defence Materiel Agency are currently in the United…
The Defence Materiel Agency under the Defence Ministry has launched procurement procedures for 35 sets of unmanned aircraft systems (UASs). The plan is to buy 26 sets of “mini” and nine sets of “small” UASs for around 36 million euros. “The acquisition of these systems will significantly improve the Lithuanian Armed Forces’ intelligence capability,” Defence…