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“We thank and we appreciate very much the contribution made by the countries that form the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battalion Battle Group in Lithuania. It is a demonstration of Alliance solidarity and the collective defence commitment. NATO presence and strengthening of deterrence remain relevant themes for our region,” Minister of National Defence Raimundas Karoblis said at a meeting with permanent representatives (ambassadors) to NATO of the countries contributing troops to the NATO eFP Battalion Battle Group in Lithuania. The delegation conducted a visit in Lithuania on September 21-22 for an update on the work done in the Battle Group deployed in Rukla.

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 Commander NATO Deployable Air Command and Control Centre visited Lithuania
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On September 19 Commander of the NATO Deployable Air Command and Control Centre (DACCC) Major General Andreas Frank Kraak paid a visit to the Lithuanian Armed Forces Mechanised Infantry Brigade Iron Wolf in Rukla.

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 Two violation cases of the airspace of the Republic of Lithuania recorded

On September 16 the Lithuanian Air Force detected two violations of the airspace of the Republic of Lithunia committed by two IL-76 military cargo aircraft of the Russian Federation. The total of six IL-76s flew from the mainland of the Russian Federation to Kaliningrad on that day: flight routes of two of them diverged from the submitted flight plans. They flew into the Lithuanian airspace at 10.50pm and 11.10pm, and spent up to 2 minutes over Lithuania‘s territorial waters before leaving for Kaliningrad. The aircraft had made it several nautical miles deep into the airspace of Lithuania.

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 Data on interceptions of aircraft completed near the Baltic States’ borders on September 11-17 , 2017
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From September 11 to 17 fighter aircraft conducting the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states were scrambled eight times to intercept military aircraft of the Russian Federation in international airspace over the Baltic Sea.

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 Ministry of National Defence introduces the English version of The White Paper on Lithuanian defence policy
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Download: Lithuanian Defence Policy White Paper 2017

Earlier this year Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania presented to the public the new White Paper on Lithuanian defence policy. Now the English version of the White Paper is available to the interested audiences.

The White Paper introduces Lithuanian defence policy, its priorities and directions of further development. The document identifies three main challenges which will determine Lithuanian defence policy in the long term: Russian revisionism, information and cyber threats and security issues in the Southern Neighbourhood of Europe.

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 Lithuanian troops train as part of the Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian Brigade in multinational exercise RAPID TRIDENT 17 in Ukraine
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Exercise RAPID TRIDENT 17 taking place on September 8-23 in Yavoriv Military Training Area in Ukraine involves approximately 1 800 personnel from 14 nations, including the Lithuania’s training team for Ukrainian soldiers and a team of LITPOLUKRBRIG staff officers.

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 NATO battalion training in Jonava, Kaišiadorys and Elektrėnai districts
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On September 18-23 soldiers of the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battalion Battle Group are training in Jonava, Kaišiadorys and Elektrėnai districts (from Kazokiškės to Gaižiūnai) as part of the Lithuanian Armed Forces Mechanised Infantry Brigade Iron Wolf.  The exercise trains soldiers of the Kingdom of the Netherlands deployed in Rukla to conduct management and defensive operations.  

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