Military

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.

In the event of aggression, Lithuania would not repeat the mistake it made in 1940 and would resist occupation, Lieutenant Colonel Liudas Gumbinas, commander of the Lithuanian Riflemen's Union, said on Thursday.

International Exercise Maple Arch 2014 running on September 8-19 in Poland entered active phase. The operational plan generated after a week-long planning process is undergoing a suitability test on Joint Conflict and Tactical Simulation System (JCATS).

As Russia is engaging in an undeclared war in eastern Ukraine, people in the Baltic states follow developments in Donbass with anxiety, while their leaders work around the clock to ensure that similar scenarios could not be repeated in their backyards. Still, "what would we do if Russia attacked Lit...

A civilian staff member died while on duty at the Lithuanian Air Force Aviation Base in Šiauliai, northern Lithuania.

Nearly half of residents of Lithuania believe the country would be able to resist a Russian attack for a few days without NATO's help, shows a poll commissioned by DELFI.

There’s no difference in the way Russia treats its civilians or its soldiers and it’s this aspect of Russia that makes it a true successor of Soviet tradition, Ramūnas Bogdanas argues.

A civilian was injured during a military exercise in Gaižiūnai training grounds in Lithuania's central Jonava district in late hours of Thursday.

Soldiers of the Lithuanian Land Force will take part in an international peace support operations exercise Rapid Trident 2014 at the International Peacekeeping and Security Centre, Yavoriv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, the Ministry of National Defence informs.

International exercise dedicated for artillery and mortar units Flaming Thunder 2014, organised by the Land Force, is commencing on Monday at the General Silvestras Žukauskas Training Range. Over the course of two weeks, more than three hundred Lithuanian and US soldiers will be improving their skil...

Over the last two months, Russia has reportedly sent up to 15 thousand soldiers to Ukraine. At least several hundred of them were killed in action, according an NGO exposing wrongs committed by Russia's armed forces.

Ukraine will never accept the loss of Crimea. Valery Zhovtenko, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Lithuania, said in the exclusive interview to ELTA news agency that only negotiation measures would be used to solve the issue of Crimea. In case it fails, the issue should be t...

A delegation led by Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Juozas Olekas arrived in Afghanistan on Wednesday to visit Lithuanian troops that are part of the NATO ISAF operation, the Ministry of National Defence said.

The third rotation of US paratroopers have arrived in Lithuania and will train with Lithuanian troops, Lithuania's Ministry of National Defense said on Tuesday.

As a full-fledged war between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed irregulars rages on in Ukraine’s eastern region of Donbas, Western defence experts are only now beginning to thoroughly assess the military lessons of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

On Wednesday, a combined exercise concluded in the territorial waters and exclusive economic zone of Lithuania in the Baltic Sea. The training event was attended by vessels from the Lithuanian Navy and Standing NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group ONE (SNMCMG1), said the Ministry of National Defence.

Andrius Kupčinskas, the mayor of Lithuania's second-largest city Kaunas, and several other municipal officials will undergo basic military skill training for volunteers over the next few weeks, according to the Kauno Diena daily.

On Monday, 72 youths began their basic training at the Grand Hetman Jonušas Radvila training regiment.

Thursday morning, German Navy Commander Gunther Brassel handed over command of Standing NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group ONE (SNMCMG1) to Lithuanian Navy Commander Giedrius Premeneckas during a brief ceremony conducted by NATO Allied Maritime Command’s Deputy Chief of Staff Submarines, Rear Admiral ...

Lithuania will provide Ukrainian troops with helmets, bullet-proof vests and bullet-proof shields, the Interior Ministry says.