Lithuania has begun constructing a military campus that will house up to 4,000 German troops in Rūdninkai, a southeastern region of the Baltic country near the border with Belarus, which shares close ties with Russia.
The cost of project is estimated to be upwards of $1 billion, according to Reuters, and it’s one of the largest military projects in the country’s history.
In a statement on X, Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė said: “One more step towards the security of Lithuania and its allies: today sending a message to our future generations we officially began development of the infrastructure military campus for the German brigade. We do not threaten, just making sure that, if anyone wants to test our strength, they will lose the desire to do so.”
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Source: https://www.newsweek.com/nato-member-building-billion-dollar-military-base-near-russia-ally-border-lithuania-belarus-germany-1941861
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