#anon_candanga : The United States will deploy 800 more soldiers to #Estonia, #Latvia and #Lithuania — by the end of this week.

#anon_candanga : #Lithuania Mod:
Russia has lost over 30 tanks, about 130 armoured vehicles, 7 aircraft and 6 helicopters overnight in Ukraine.Unfortunately, Ukraine's struggle resulted in 137 casualties, including 10 officers. 316 people were wounded. Our new aid to Ukraine is being transported

#anon_candanga : Additional €250 million could be allocated for #Lithuania's defence already this year.

#anon_candanga : Russian servicemen evacuated more than 140 foreign citizens to #Crimea from the Kherson region. The Russian military evacuated citizens of #Turkey, Ukraine, #Kazakhstan, #Azerbaijan, #Lebanon, #Lithuania, #Vietnam, #Greece, #India, #USA and the Russian Federation. https://t.co/MpVUR2rceh

#anon_candanga : About 40 #British Army soldiers deployed to #Lithuania for Exercise Hunter 22. https://t.co/wp4OfMOiQg

#Lithuania has few hours left to unblock transit to #Kaliningrad - Killnet

After 4 months, 850 flight hours and more than 480 sorties, the Vilkas Detachment of the Spanish Air and Space Army finished its work in the Baltic Air Police operation in #Lithuania. #Spain

Colonel Aurelijus Motiejūnas is the new Commander of the largest unit of the Lithuanian Armed Forces Iron Wolf Brigade #Lithuania

⚡Statement of the #Russian Embassy in #Lithuania

Another case of desecration of a monument to Soviet soldiers, this time in the city of Kalvaria, indicates that such manifestations of vandalism, which, unfortunately, have become the norm here, do not receive proper assessment and reaction from the state structures of the Republic of Lithuania, which, by their inaction, only contribute to such barbarism.

☝️ Let us remind you that we are talking about the graves of the Red Army soldiers who, at the cost of their lives, conquered the lands from the Nazis and presented them to Lithuania as a gift. Having accepted these gifts, having expanded its territory, today's Lithuania, in full accordance with the "world order based on rules", is now demolishing the grave monuments to these soldiers, mutilating their graves. Is it any wonder that not everyone here likes such “rules”.

The Embassy expects that this illegal act will be investigated as soon as possible, and the perpetrators will be punished in accordance with the law.

#Lithuania has reportedly increased helicopter patrols monitoring Russian transit traffic to Russian exclave Kaliningrad
Lithuania has quadrupled helicopter patrols along its short border with Poland due to tensions with Russia, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing the Baltic nation’s interior ministry. Vilnius is monitoring Russian trains going through the area to and from the exclave of Kaliningrad, ensuring they comply with EU restrictions, the newspaper said.
The increase in surveillance activity by Lithuanian border guards was measured in comparison with that of 2020, the newspaper said, citing a spokeswoman for the ministry. Other rotorcraft are now taking part in military exercises, the official said, according to a Sunday article.
Vilnius temporarily suspended Russian rail traffic to and from the exclave through Lithuanian territory in June, sparking a diplomatic crisis. Vilnius claimed it was only enforcing EU sanctions against Russian international trade, while Moscow accused it of mounting a blockade of the Kaliningrad region.
The situation was partially resolved in July, after the rail connection was reopened, but not fully resolved. The region’s governor said this week that the transportation quotas, which were set by the European Commission based on traffic during previous years, have been exhausted for some goods.
The helicopters follow Russian trains to ensure they don’t stop and unload any sanctioned cargo on the Lithuanian territory, according to the WSJ report. Some local residents mistook them for Russian aircraft and were scared by them, the newspaper also said.
The article described the anxieties that many people living on both sides of the Polish-Lithuanian border feel. The line separating the two goes along a short land route connecting Kaliningrad to Russian ally Belarus.
Polish and Lithuanian officials have long theorized that Russia could seize the so-called Suwalki Gap by force to ensure land connectivity with its exclave, likely leading to a major confrontation with NATO.
Some of the locals interviewed by the WSJ claimed they were ready to flee on short notice to safer places. One, an 88-year-old Polish anti-communist activist, pledged to take up arms against Russian troops.
“The [Nazi] Germans were much more civilized than the Russians,” he remarked, commenting on the Polish experience with foreign troops on its soil. “The Nazis would just shoot you, but the Russians would torture you and then kill you.”
The native of Suwalki city, which lends its name to the area, was just five in 1939, when the Nazis invaded Poland and the country’s government collapsed. The Soviet Union sent its troops into Poland shortly afterwards, in what Warsaw called an equally atrocious invasion.
Moscow described it as a forced measure to strengthen the USSR’s position before an inevitable showdown with Germany and argued that it saved many lives in Poland that would have been lost under a Nazi occupation.

⚡️Representatives of the future #NATO brigade headquarters, to be deployed to #Lithuania under German command, arrive at their duty station in the Baltic Republic - Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas on national radio LRT

3,500 troops are taking part in NATO's "Iron Wolf II" exercise in #Lithuania

U.S. cashing out: The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has notified Congress of a potential foreign military sale (FMS) of M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers to #Lithuania.

The potential sale of the launchers along with related equipment, worth over $495.000.000, was approved by the US State Department