RUKLA — NATO must do more to protect itself against Russia and President Vladimir Putin, German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said on Saturday, because…
“One thing is certain: the current situation means we need to do more together,” Lambrecht said while visiting German troops deployed in Lithuania.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
The United States has said repeatedly that it has seen no indication that Russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons in despite what it calls Putin’s “nuclear saber-rattling.” Germany deployed its first troops to NATO member Lithuania, on the border of Russia, in 2017 after Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula. It agreed to ramp up the mission significantly in June in response to Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine.Article content
Lambrecht inaugurated a permanent German command center in Lithuania of Friday, which she said would help move a brigade of troops from Germany to Lithuania in 10 days if needed. A NATO brigade is 3,000-5,000 troops, and Lambrecht said frequent exercises in Lithuania would help moving the troops quickly if needed to join the 1,000 troops kept permanently in Lithuania.“We’ve heard Russia’s threats to Lithuania which was implementing European sanctions on the border with Kaliningrad. This is not nearly the first threats and we must take them seriously and be prepared,” she added.
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