Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda has reported on a telephone conversation he had with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Source: Nausėda on Twitter (X), as reported by European Pravda Details: Nausėda said the two leaders had discussed the upcoming peace summit in Switzerland and the current situation at the front in Ukraine.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in Lithuania on Monday to visit German soldiers who will be members of a future German brigade. Source: LRT, reported by European Pravda Details: The initial members of the German brigade that will be based in Lithuania arrived in early April.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda and Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė believe that Vilnius should help Ukraine bring back its men liable for military service who live abroad.
Lithuania has joined calls for higher military spending from NATO member states. "We must work together to convince our NATO partners to increase defence spending," said Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda at a joint press conference with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda on Friday. The two presidents had attended a joint military exercise by the armed forces of both countries in the so-called "Suwalki Gap," a strategically important area on NATO's eastern flank. Duda recently proposed that N