Lithuania is considering buying Turkey-made Bayraktar combat drones, Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas has said. “The acquisition of combat drones is in the plans, possibly a Bayraktar, too,” Anusauskas told reporters on May 31. “I don’t want to elaborate on all those plans right now.” According to the minister, Lithuania regularly updates its military acquisition plans…
Lithuania’s Laisves TV said on May 28 it had raised 5 million euros to buy a Bayraktar military drone for Ukraine. “Now we can really celebrate,” Andrius Tapinas, the host of Laisves TV and the initiator of the campaign, said during a live broadcast. He also thanked all people who contributed and donated money for…
Lithuania’s Chief of Defence Valdemaras Rupsys has welcomed the campaign by journalist Andrius Tapinas to buy a Turkey-made Bayraktar combat drone for Ukrainian troops, adding that the Lithuanian military plans to contribute to its acquisition. “Of course, it is not easy for Tapinas alone to do this. As far as I know, the defence minister…
Lithuanian journalist and social media personality Andrius Tapinas has launched a crowdfunding campaign to buy a Bayraktar TB2 military drone for Ukraine. “The defence ministries of Lithuania and Turkey gave the green light, the manufacturer said yes. And now one word is sounding in my head, Bayraktar,” Tapinas said in a Facebook post on May…
Lithuania is in the top 15 of military donors to Ukraine, according to various estimates, says Laurynas Kasciunas, chairman of the parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defence. He would like to see Lithuania in the top 10, however. “The fundamental strategic imperative is that Ukrainians are fighting for us on their soil, and every…
Lithuanian Defence Ministry and the country’s armed forces will provide twenty M113 armoured personnel carriers, ten military trucks and ten all-terrain vehicles to Ukraine. The value of this equipment is estimated at 15.5 million euros, according to the ministry. “We are handing over armoured personnel carriers, 200 of which have been given to Ukraine by…
Latvian Minister of Defence Artis Pabriks has met with US Congress representatives Don Bacon, Ruben Gallego and Sara Jacobs. During the meeting, Pabriks asked the US to increase military aid for Latvia. The parties met to discuss the current geopolitical situation following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Latvian-US mutual cooperation in defence and the need to…