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…
Representatives of Lithuania and Turkey signed an agreement in Ankara on June 1, paving the way for Vilnius to acquire Bayraktar combat drones. The country will buy the unmanned aerial vehicle and other equipment with money raised by ordinary Lithuanians and then hand it over to Ukraine, which is fighting a Russian invasion. The fundraising…
Lithuania is planning to spend around 500 million euros on military mobility projects over five years. According to Transport and Communications Minister Marius Skuodis, half of the money is expected to come from the European Commission and the other half from Lithuania’s national budget. Skuodis and Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas met to discuss priority projects…