Nato-Ostflanke: Pistorius gibt nun auch Versetzungsbefehl nach Litauen
Der deutschen Panzerbrigade an der litauischen Nato-Ostflanke fehlen noch hunderte Spezialisten. Freiwilligkeit allein reicht nicht. Nun wird die Versetzung ins Baltikum auch angeordnet.
Düsseldorf - The establishment of the Brigade Litauen, a NATO project where Germany commits to permanently stationing soldiers on the eastern flank, is not solely dependent on voluntary enlistment, the Bundesverteidigungsministerium admitted on Monday in Berlin. This revelation confirms long-standing speculations. Currently, nearly 80 percent of the positions are filled by volunteers, but Germany, as promised, will now also resort to compulsory measures in addition to encouraging more volunteers.
The Brigade Litauen, a "turning point project" of its time, aims to station 4,800 soldiers and around 200 civilians at the liturgical sites of Rudninkai and Rukla. However, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, who is also overseeing the new military service, had initially assumed that sufficient volunteers would be found to meet the personnel targets. Doubts about this assumption have been present from the outset.
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