Bundeswehr wants Lithuania volunteers from Bavaria – Pistorius admits: “It’s not for free”. For the first time, a complete brigade is to be set up abroad.
The Panzergrenadier Battalion 122, based in Weiden, is to move permanently to Lithuania as part of a Bundeswehr brigade of almost 5,000 soldiers. Russian President Vladimir Putin has “clearly stated what his goal is,” warned Pistorius.