President: Although US Troops Are Returning to Lithuania, Their Overall Number in Europe Will Decrease
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15min.ltPresident Gitanas Nausėda says that although US troops are returning to Lithuania, their total number on the continent will decrease, so Europe must take more responsibility for its defense.
"It is one thing to treat these soldiers as some kind of potential military force in the event of a military conflict, another thing is to understand that the presence of these soldiers actually reduces the likelihood of a military conflict or military aggression. This is where I think we really need to give a very big plus to the fact that this decision has finally been made," G. Nausėda told LNK Žinioms.
With the return of U.S. troops scheduled for October, Lithuania will again receive about 1,000 U.S. troops, including a heavy battalion equipped with Abrams tanks. The deployment will be completed with an engineering battalion and will extend for approximately nine months, reinforcing the U.S. military presence on the eastern flank of the [...] The 1,000th entry Abrams military and tanks: Lithuania confirmed the return of U.S. troops and plans a…
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