Permanent operation in Lithuania is a costly project for the German army

– International News – Tasnim news agency, German NTV wrote in an article: German army wants to deploy approximately 5000 soldiers in Lithuania by the end of 2027 . Financially, this project will be a serious commitment and probably around eleven billion euros will be required for a number of investments in this project.

Thus setting up a German combat brigade for Lithuania would cost around eleven billion euros. Will have. According to Spiegel weekly, one of the representatives of the German Federal Ministry of Defense said this at the meeting of the defense committee of the German Parliament. Accordingly, one billion euros for annual operating expenses, four billion euros for the purchase of large equipment such as Tanks and six billion euros are earmarked for further investments – for example in building infrastructure or buying uniforms – in the operation. This amount does not include the cost of foreign aid, which is intended to attract about 4,800 soldiers and about 200 civilians to serve in Lithuania for several years.

At the beginning of April this year, a team The leader of this operational unit traveled to Lithuania. This battle group should be fully operational by the end of 2027. According to “Spiegel”, the Baltic Brigade consists of the 122nd Panzergrenadier Battalion from Oberwiestach in Bavaria, the 203rd Panzer Battalion from Augustdorf in North Rhine-Westphalia and the Lithuanian EFP Multinational Battle Group, which is currently active in this country.

In response to Russia’s war against Ukraine, the German federal government He promised to transfer a combat-ready battle group capable of independent action to Lithuania. According to the timetable, this brigade should be put into operation by 2027. About 4,800 soldiers and about 200 civilian members of the military, who could bring their families with them, are planned.

Pistorius signed a political document related to the deployment in Vilnius in December. And spoke of a “historical moment”. The main location of this brigade will be the Rudninka military training area not far from the border of Belarus. According to Lithuanian information, about 80 percent of the soldiers will be stationed there and the rest will be stationed in Ruklai in the center of the country. Russia has criticized this deployment.. Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman of the presidential office The country said in Moscow: Germany’s military presence in Lithuania will intensify the current tensions.

Lithuania is a neighbor of Russia’s ally Belarus and Russia’s Kaliningrad region in the Baltic Sea. Between these two countries, a narrow land corridor runs from the west of Lithuania to Poland, the so-called Suwalki Gap of NATO, over which a conflict may occur if attacked.

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