According to the survey conducted by the company “Spinter tyrimi”, 82 percent of Lithuanians supports the permanent deployment of the German brigade in Lithuania, 83 percent positively evaluate German soldiers. of those interviewed.
76 percent Lithuanians believe that the German brigade will contribute to the strengthening of Lithuania’s defense, and more than half of them believe that significantly.
Last year, following Germany decided to assign Lithuania to the Increased Vigilance Brigade, the forward command element of the 41st Brigade of the German army was deployed in Rukla. He carried out exercise planning tasks, ensured the smooth deployment of thousands of soldiers from Germany to Lithuania by land, sea and air. In Lithuania, units of the brigade participated in exercises and trainings, trained together with Lithuanian and allied soldiers.
This year, on December 7, the 41st brigade assigned to Lithuania was replaced by the 21st German army brigade.
The defense ministers of Lithuania and Germany signed an action plan on the deployment of the Bundeswehr brigade in Vilnius on Monday. It provides that the main transfer of brigade units to Lithuania will take place in 2025-2026. The brigade should settle in Lithuania by 2027.
As indicated in the plan, German soldiers will serve in Rūdninkai and Rukla, some of them will live in Vilnius and Kaunas, additionally logistic points will be created in other parts of Lithuania.
The document also states that in the medium term, Germany intends to establish one or two foreign Bundeswehr schools and childcare facilities for German-speaking children in Lithuania.
The action plan emphasizes that the cost-sharing of deploying the unit will be agreed and detailed in “technical agreements to be drawn up in 2024”.
The core of the German brigade should consist of five battalions, including tank and artillery battalions, a total of regarding 5,000 troops are being prepared to be deployed. soldiers and civilians.
The German-led international NATO battalion deployed in Lithuania in 2017 will also be integrated into the brigade. It is intended to be done in 2026.
The public opinion and market research company “Spinter research” conducted the survey on the order of the Strategic Communication Department of the Lithuanian Armed Forces on November 17-29. During it, 1015 respondents between the ages of 18 and 75 were interviewed online and by phone.
The research error is 3.1 percent.
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2024-07-14 03:55:39
