Up to 100 Lithuanian troops will continue their service in Afghanistan next year, Chief of Defence Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas said during a meeting with Lithuanian soldiers serving in the NATO peace support operation in Afghanistan.
Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas
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On 5 December, Chief of Defence of Lithuania Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas and his delegation is visiting Lithuanian military personnel serving in the multinational mission in Afghanistan, the Ministry of National Defence informs.
Lithuania's Armed Forces should enrol about 1,000 new privates every year, Defence Minister Juozas Olekas said at a discussion in parliament on Friday.
Lithuanian army commander General Jonas Vytautas Žukas is convinced that as the country's government is set to update the state's armed defence concept, they must envision not just more weapons, but also more soldier training.
The Lithuanian parliament's National Security and Defence Committee is holding a discussion on implementation of the agreement signed by political parties to increase defence spending.
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.
One of the largest military exercises in Lithuania, the Iron Sword, was launched in November in Lithuania. Over 2,500 troops from nine countries gathered to take part in the exercises to prepare to respond to military threats.
Russia's increased military activity is a demonstration of power aimed at undermining the feeling of security and check on our readiness, says Lithuania's Chief of Defence Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas.
The chiefs of defence of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have agreed to send a joint battalion of around 1,000 troops for standby to join NATO's rapid response force in 2016.
In the light of the special geopolitical situation in the region, Portugal will continue supporting Lithuania by participating in the NATO air-policing mission, Portuguese Defence Minister Jose Pedro Aguiar-Branco has said in Lithuania.
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.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on 15 October that she would push to limit Russian television broadcasts inside the country. The statement came only two days after Defence Minister Maj. Gen. Jonas Vytautas Žukas announced plans to form a new rapid reaction force in Lithuania.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Tuesday visited the rapid response forces, a structure in the Lithuanian military under formation, and said they would help the country to respond to non-conventional threats, including actions of troops without identification insignia or the instigation of...
Response forces will be set up in Lithuania's Armed Forces as of November 1, Chief of Defence Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas said on Monday.
Lithuania plans to double the number of young men enlisted to undergo basic military training next year. And if the necessary target of volunteers is not met, the chief of defence of Lithuania does not discount the possibility of suggesting to politicians to restore conscription.
Around 70 US infantry troops with heavy combat equipment have arrived in Lithuania, the Baltic country's Ministry of National Defence said on Monday.
On 23-24 September NATO's Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR) General Adrian Bradshaw paid a visit to the Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania.
Chief of Defence of Lithuania, Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas, expressed his delight with interesting and intense discussions on further NATO's actions in response to the changed international security situation when summarizing the results of NATO Military Committee Conference 2014 in Vilnius, ...
The Chief of the General Staff of Armed Forces of the Czech Republic, General Petr Pavel, was elected new chairman of the NATO Military Committee in Vilnius on Saturday.
