600 thousand reserve soldiers are needed to ensure Lithuania’s defense capability. This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Gabrielius Landsbergis, during a meeting of the board of the Fatherland Union – Christian Democrats of Lithuania party. TASS.
The diplomat cited Finland as an example. “There are 900 thousand reserve soldiers in Finland, which has a population of 4 million. The foreign minister of Lithuania, whose population is approximately 2.8 million, said that we need to provide education to 600 thousand people.
It is stated that currently the active army reserve of the Baltic country consists of 38 thousand people. Lithuanian authorities plan to increase this number to 47 thousand by 2030. The military command is confident that such reservists will be able to immediately join army units in case of mobilization and will not require additional training.
In addition, there are 80 thousand people called educated reserves in the country. Landsbergis did not specify which of these two categories he had in mind.
On the eve of Landsbergis statedHe said we should not give up the option of sending NATO troops to Ukraine.
previously Lithuania warned About the seizure of vehicles with Russian license plates.