Lithuania Sends Soldiers to Help Border Guards on Kaliningrad Border
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Lithuania will send military personnel to help guard the border with the Russian Kaliningrad region, Defense Minister Robertas Kaunas said on Thursday.
As a precaution, LITHUANIA is stepping up surveillance of its border with Russia's Baltic exclave Kaliningrad.
(Berlin=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Gye-yeon = Lithuania is deploying troops to reinforce border security with Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave where military tensions have recently escalated...
The Lithuanian Armed Forces will help the Lithuanian border guards protect the state border with the Russian Federation, the local LRT station reported, according to which the measures are related to the incident in which Belarusian militants illegally invaded the territory of Latvia this week.
The Lithuanian army, together with the border guards, began to guard the border with the Kaliningrad region, informed the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Martinas Katelinas. "The border security regime with the participation of the army is envisaged for two weeks. This is a reasonable period that can be extended at all times," Kathelnas said. It is noted that, by order of the Minister of Defence, Roberts Kaunas, about 100 military pers…
Vilnius recruited up to 100 military personnel to patrol the area near Kaliningrad province, a decision taken after the incident at the Latvian-Belarusn border and taking into account possible mobilization in Russia.
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