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Bundeswehr: German brigade in Lithuania is due to arrive in 2025

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German brigade in Lithuania is scheduled to arrive in 2025

The Bundeswehr brigade planned for permanent stationing in Lithuania is to be put into service with a formal roll call in 2025. photo

© Kay Nietfeld/dpa

According to military information, the Lithuania Brigade is about the permanent relocation of a total of around 5,000 men and women.

Those for permanent stationing in The Bundeswehr brigade planned for Lithuania is to be put into service in 2025 with a formal appeal. According to information from the dpa, an incident command will be relocated to the territory of the NATO partner in the second quarter of next year. This should then continue to grow so that the formation staff is in the country by the end of the year at the latest, led by the first commander of the brigade.

Defense Minister Boris Pistorius plans to arrive in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius in the evening to sign a roadmap for the deployment with his counterpart Arvydas Anusauskas on Monday. Germany is thus taking into account Lithuania’s security needs following Russia’s attack on Ukraine. In the paper, Lithuania and Germany will undertake to create the necessary framework conditions for the successful establishment of an operational and war-worthy brigade.

According to military information, the Lithuania Brigade involves the permanent relocation of a total of around 5,000 men and women, including 4,800 soldiers and 200 civilian employees. According to earlier information, two combat troop battalions from Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia are to be relocated to NATO’s eastern flank as the core of the new Lithuania brigade. The third battalion will be the multinational NATO battle group (eFP battle group) in Lithuania, which is already in the Baltic state under Germany’s leadership and has rotating personnel. Pistorius had described the project as a “lighthouse project of the turning point”.