Latvia has no current plans to search and send back Ukrainian men of conscription age to Ukraine, Prime Minister Evika Silina stated, BNS reports. She said that the government had not received any requests from Ukraine on the issue. Earlier, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda and Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte said that Lithuania should help Ukraine…
Lithuanian Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas will resign, the government announced, LRT reports. Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte explained that the government wanted to do “more and faster” for Lithuania’s security. Anusauskas revealed that Simonyte had offered him another post but he had refused. The minister said that the offer to swap posts was “unexpected.” Simonyte named…
Lithuania’s State Defence Council (VGT) has agreed to buy German-made Leopard 2 tanks for a planned new army division, Kestutis Budrys, chief national security adviser to President Gitanas Nauseda, announced, BNS reports. The council tasked the Defence Ministry to begin negotiations with German manufacturers and other countries interested in procuring the equipment. Also, the council…