A NATO Rapid Reaction Force exercise will take place in Lithuania



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This exercise is a standby test conducted by NATO Joint Force Headquarters in Brunssum, the Netherlands, in an ever-changing Alliance.

According to the Ministry of National Defense, the exercise is a previously planned defensive exercise. They are not related to political events in the region in recent months.

More than 2,500 soldiers and some 600 different vehicles are expected to participate in the exercise.

According to Lieutenant General Valdemaras Rupšis, Commander of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, after the end of the NATO international exercise “Brilliant Jump 2020”, part of the NATO team and troops will return to their places of permanent deployment, and others will they will join the annual Lithuanian national military exercise “Iron Wolf”. these capabilities will leave Lithuania.

In the international exercise Brilliant Jump 2020, Polish, Spanish and Czech military units serving in the Alliance Rapid Reaction Force will train for rapid redeployment.

In order to contribute to transparency and confidence-building, Lithuania attached these exercises to the Belarusian Defense Attaché and reported to the Belarusian Ministry of Defense in early September. Also, on September 24. Lithuania also released information about these exercises on a voluntary basis through the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and on September 30 At the meeting of the OSCE Forum for Security Cooperation, the representative Lithuania also presented a report on this issue.

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