🇱🇹🇩🇪 A historic day for Lithuania's security – the deployment of a German brigade in our country has begun! Today, the first troops of the German 'Lithuania' brigade arrived in Vilnius. This initial element will ensure that the brigade reaches full operational capability by 2027. pic.twitter.com/SB38MzbVUX
— Lithuanian MOD 🇱🇹 (@Lithuanian_MoD) April 8, 2024
Lithuanian leaders hailed a “historic event” as Germany on Monday began deploying troops in the Baltic country — a NATO member — marking the first time since World War II that German forces will be based outside the country on a long-term basis.
The German army, the Bundeswehr, has taken part in long-term operations abroad since the 1990s, first in the Balkans and then in combat operations in Afghanistan. At the moment, the Bundeswehr says German soldiers are deployed in Europe, Asia and Africa, as well as in the Mediterranean.
However, this is the first permanent standalone German deployment, not on rotation as part of a multinational force.
Genius Putin!
Nice pic.twitter.com/euEcZ4s7Te
— 𝓜𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓓𝓻𝓮𝔃𝔃𝔂 (@MotherDrezzy) April 8, 2024
Lol. Man looks like he'll fold you in half.
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