NATO troops arrive in Lithuania

Published 26 January 2017

The first contingent of German and Belgian troops arrived in Lithuania on Tuesday, the first step in a NATO move to reinforce the alliance eastern flank in an effort to deter a militarily aggressive Russia.A group of German officers landed in the Baltic state’s capital Vilnius to coordinate the deployment of a 1,200-strong battalion, which will include forces from several NATO members. Earlier in the day, some 30 Belgian troops arrived at another airport in western Lithuania, while a ship carrying logistical equipment docked at the Baltic Sea port of Klaipeda.

Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/germans-belgians-land-lithuania-nato-deployme…