“Germany has already selected units on its side, those battalions, plus artillery, plus support battalions, will be more than 5 thousand in total. soldiers”, A. Anušauskas told journalists before the Government meeting on Wednesday.
The minister noted that this number includes the soldiers of the NATO forward forces battalion battle group.
“First of all, don’t forget eFP, it’s additional capacity,” the minister answered when asked if it was a new figure, after the Germans had previously announced about 4,000. deployed soldiers.
The German Ministry of Defense announced this week that the core of the German brigade in Lithuania should consist of two tank battalions, while the third battalion will initially consist of a German-led NATO forward force battalion battle group.
The brigade deployed in Lithuania will be named “Panzerbrigade 42”. It is planned that the deployment headquarters of the brigade should be moved to Lithuania in the last quarter of 2024. Germany intends to deploy a total of about 4,000 personnel in the brigade in Lithuania. soldiers
Vilnius plans that most of the troops will be deployed in 2026. The soldiers and their accompanying family members are planned to be accommodated in Vilnius, Rūdninkai and Rukla, but specific places have not yet been specified, as the discussions have not yet been completed.
The joint working group of the two countries agreed that the plan for the deployment of the German brigade in the country will be signed by December 22 of this year.
“We are talking, negotiating, looking at places, but we will finish coordinating with the German side in December. We are talking about Vilnius, Rūdninki, Rukla – that means there are Germans there, as well as other places in Lithuania,” said A. Anušauskas.
The deployment of the brigade in Lithuania began to be discussed after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in order to strengthen the security of the region. The front command element of the brigade is currently deployed in the country.
Since 2017, Germany has also been leading the NATO international allied battalion deployed in Lithuania.
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2024-08-29 10:28:07
