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...
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A Lithuanian soldier Tadas Tumas called ‘Milžinas’ (Giant) was killed in Ukraine on Friday, 15min.lt news website reports.
A new package of military assistance from the National Defence Ministry was delivered to Ukraine on Friday.
Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis hinted Lithuanian soldiers could be deployed to Gotland, Sweden’s largest island in the Baltic Sea, to protect it from Russia.
Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas does not reveal if President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, who visited Lithuania last week, asked for help with repatriation of Ukrainian men who would be mobilised to fight against Russian invaders. However, he admitted that information may be provid...
Eight soldiers doing their compulsory initial military service in a Lithuanian battalion have tested positive for COVID-19, the military said on Sunday.