Heavy combat unit of 4,800 soldiers and 200 civilian staff inaugurated in Lithuania on Nato’s eastern flank

The German chancellor has visited Lithuania to mark Berlin’s first permanent foreign troop deployment since the second world war, as he called on allies to dramatically expand their efforts to bolster European defences against a hostile Russia.

As a crowd waved Lithuanian, German and Ukrainian flags, Friedrich Merz and his defence minister, Boris Pistorius, attended a ceremony launching the official formation of an armoured brigade aimed at protecting Nato’s eastern flank.

  • suoko@feddit.itEnglish
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    9 days ago

    It’s happening again. Not sure what people feel when travelling around north eastern Europe.

    Do you simply ignore the ‘emergency’ state?

    Do you ask what people think?

    Do you avoid travelling entirely?