Military

A battalion of the Lithuanian military’s Special Operations Forces bought six safes from a Russian-owned firm to store its classified documents two days before Russia invaded Ukraine, investigative journalist centre Siena reported on Thursday.

President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda on Wednesday attended the Ukraine Compact meeting at the invitation of US President Joe Biden. Nausėda emphasised that Lithuania would continue actively providing military assistance to Ukraine.

Minister of National Defence Laurynas Kasčiūnas has announced that this year Lithuania will transfer to Ukraine additional military aid.

More than 5,800 Lithuanian nationals have registered with military commandant’s offices so far, the National Defence Ministry announced Monday.

Minister of National Defence Laurynas Kasčiūnas stresses that preparation for hosting a German brigade in Lithuania is proceeding according to plan, but the construction pace of military infrastructure facilities might pose a challenge.

Additional military equipment and vehicles have arrived in Latvia from Canada, Latvian Minister of Defence Andris Spruds announced via social network X on Monday, also showing photos of multiple armoured fighting vehicles unloaded in a port.

Lithuania will be ready to send military instructors to Ukraine if France takes the lead of a coalition of like-minded countries, says Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis.

More than 3,200 Lithuanian nationals have registered with military commandant’s offices in the first two weeks since the call was opened, says National Defence Minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas.

Curfew was declared in two areas of Vilnius and an area of Kaunas on Tuesday night so that military exercises could proceed.

The Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania says there is no reason for concern over reports about Belarusian military movement in areas bordering Lithuania.

Over 10,000 active reserve soldiers will receive their call-up notices for training in April and May, the military said Tuesday. More than 2,500 cadets are expected to be called up to the spring exercise Thunder Storm 2024, the largest national exercise organised since Lithuania regained its indepen...

The Ministry of National Defence suggests eliminating conscription exemptions for students so they could not postpone their military service. Yet there are the opposite initiatives in parliament. MP Artūras Žukauskas, chair of the Seimas Committee on Education and Science, believes that university s...

On 3 February, the Armed Forces noticed a suspicious login into a user account of its ILIAS distant learning system. The military confirmed this to the public broadcaster LRT.

Lithuania has opened the first new military campus since it regained independence over three decades ago. The campus designed for Brigadier General Motiejus Pečiulionis’ Artillery Battalion is located in Pajūris, Šilalė district on Thursday.

Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė on Friday held a meeting with European Commissioner for Internal market Thierry Breton at the Office of the Government to discuss strengthening of the European Union’s security and defence industry, and key priorities for the future strategy, also the importance of co...

The European Union, the United States, the IMF, Japan, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the World Bank are among the financial contributors actively aiding Ukraine for nearly two years in its struggle and economic support during the ongoing war.

Гибель самолета А-50 и предположительное повреждение Ил-22М станут одной из самых крупных одномоментных потерь российской авиации в войне с Украиной. России не хватает таких самолетов и она их больше не выпускает. Кроме того, на борту А-50 могли быть опытные специалисты, подготовить которых непросто...

Lithuanian instructors have trained 2,900 Ukrainian soldiers this year, the military said. Trainings are planned for another 3,500 Ukrainians next year.

Северный Совет (the Nordic Council), который объединяет Данию, Норвегию, Исландию, Швецию и Финляндию, исторически не играл роли в формировании политики безопасности. Теперь ситуация изменилась на фоне двух войн в "более опасном мире", сказал генсек НАТО Йенс Столтенберг на открытии сессии Совета в ...

On Thursday, 5 October, the largest in the Baltic States military equipment repair workshop Vilkas (Wolf) was opened in Rukla, central Lithuania.