Lithuania is keeping a close eye on the ongoing major military exercises in the Russian region of Kaliningrad but has no reason for concern, Lithuanian minister of national defence says.
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Up to 350 Lithuanian soldiers and civilians, working for the national defence system, will be able to take part in international operations as part of NATO's Rapid Response Force, an EU battle group or NATO and EU military commands, under a resolution adopted by the Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday.
An international winter survival exercise involving roughly 90 soldiers from Canada, Lithuania, and Hungary is currently running in the King Mindaugas Hussar Battalion, city of Panevėžys and the surrounding area, the Ministry of National Defence informs.
NATO will hold more military exercises in Lithuania in response to Russian actions, Lithuania's Chief of Defence Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas said on Wednesday.
International military exercise Iron Sword 2014 ended on 13 November. On the open day, observers were invited to watch joint offensive operation involving soldiers of nine NATO member countries.
On Thursday, 13 November, President Dalia Grybauskaitė will attend military exercise Iron Sword 2014 at the military training area in Pabradė.
Joint Lithuanian-US exercise in Pabradė used Bradley fighting vehicles. DELFI TV looks at what is special about the Bradleys.
On 4 November active phase of the multinational military exercise Iron Sword 2014 began at the Gaižiūnų Training Range and the General Silvestras Žukauskas Training Range. The Training Audience from 9 NATO member states began training offensive and defensive operations in two major training areas of...
US and Lithuanian soldiers held joint shooting exercise in General Solvestras Žukauskas training ground, Pabradė. US soldiers fired from Bradley combat vehicles and Stryker armoured transporters, while Lithuanians used heavy machine guns mounted on M113s.
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Training grounds in Kazlų Rūda, southern Lithuania, have been upgraded with a special site, which will accommodate city battle exercises of troops of various army units.
On 3 November multinational Exercise Iron Sword 2014 will be officially opened at ceremonies at the General Silvestras Žukauskas Training Range in Pabradė and drill grounds of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Algirdas Mechanised Infantry Battalion in Rukla.
Soldiers from nine NATO nations and military equipment are being brought to Lithuania, where two military training grounds will host this year's biggest military exercise event, Iron Sword 2014. The exercise, starting this weekend and organized by the Lithuanian army, will involve some 2,500 soldier...
2,500 troops from eight NATO member countries are coming to Lithuania for a large-scale multinational training event, Lithuania's army said on Wednesday.
DELFI has captured moments from the tactic training exercise of the Public Security Service under the Ministry of the Interior. Officers practised air landing and hostile groups disarming opearations.
German military equipment will be brought to a training event in Lithuania on Friday, the Baltic country's Ministry of National Defence said.
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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...
On 24-25 September, Lithuanian and American soldiers will for the first time together train shooting at airborne targets over the Baltic Sea at a combined artillery live-fire exercise.
In order to consolidate security in Eastern Europe, Germany will send about 800 soldiers to military exercises in the Baltic states next year, the Latvian National Armed Forces' Commander Raimonds Graube informed LETA.
