The German armed forces have officially put in service on Wednesday a new brigade in Lithuania with which they want to strengthen the protection of East flank of NATO, with Views to display up to 5,000 soldiers once it is fully operational in 2027.
The personnel who prepared the facilities have formally yielded the witness to the personnel of the Combat Unit during a ceremony in Vilna. The main headquarters is yet to be built and will be located in the town of Rudninkai, where there will also be a training zone.
“We have a clear mission. Here, on the NATO eastern flank, We must guarantee the protection, freedom and security of our Lithuanian allies“Brigade General Christoph Huber, commander of the unit, stressed by emphasizing the importance of this deployment for both the Atlantic Alliance as a whole and for Germany, in particular.
Under Huber command, about 150 German uniforms are currently deployed in Lithuania, while at the end of the year this figure will rise to half a thousand. As reported Digi24es The first time these movements are made since World War II.
Vilna has repeatedly asked Berlin to display combat troops in the country, which borders the Russian exclave of Kalinningrad, which resulted last year in a formal promise of the Olaf Scholz government to send the brigade that has now begun to operate.
