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Russia-Belarus military drills to involve ‘significantly fewer’ troops than in past, Lithuanian intelligence says

“This year, up to 30,000 troops are expected to participate, significantly fewer than in previous exercises. Around 6,000–8,000 will be stationed in Belarus, with several thousand in Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave,” Lithuanian intelligence said in a press release. – https://kyivindependent.com/tag/ukraine/rss/ This article appeared on the websitekyivindependent.com This article is taken based on Law no. 8/1996 of […]

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Ukraine won’t receive NATO invitation at The Hague summit, Lithuanian FM says

An invitation for Ukraine to become a member of NATO “is not on the agenda” of the upcoming summit in The Hague, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys said in an interview with the Baltic News Service published on June 18. “This issue is certainly not on the NATO agenda and nobody has formulated an expectation […]

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‘We’re talking naval, air and land’ – Lithuanian foreign minister on the ‘Coalition of the Willing’

Since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to office in January and launched a new effort to reach peace between Russia and Ukraine, turning American foreign policy upside down, Europe has been hit with a clear message: the age of the U.S. as a guarantor of European security is over. Lithuania, which faces its own very […]