{"id":112916,"date":"2024-11-06T23:34:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T20:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/112916\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"lithuania-holds-defense-exercise-near-belarusian-border","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/112916\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania holds defense exercise near Belarusian border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>November 6, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The international command staff exercise Strong Will 2024 is being held in some areas of Kaunas and southeastern Lithuania on November 6\u201320, the Lithuanian Armed Forces reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers practice preparations for planning and conducting large-scale defensive operations, interoperability with NATO, integration of combat support units and coordination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 400 troops with combat equipment will take part in the drill. They will design and conduct defensive operations using a command and control information system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Southeastern Lithuania borders Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday, the deputy chief of the Belarusian General Staff, U\u0142adzimir Kupryjaniuk, accused the West of building up the presence of allied troops capable of carrying out high-precision strikes on targets in Belarus and western Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/litovskie_strelki_lrt_lt-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/litovskie_strelki_lrt_lt-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/litovskie_strelki_lrt_lt-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/litovskie_strelki_lrt_lt-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/litovskie_strelki_lrt_lt-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/litovskie_strelki_lrt_lt.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Lithuanian government backs proposal to bar Belarusians from rifle association<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 6, Pozirk. The Lithuanian government has backed a proposal to deny Belarusian and Russian nationals membership in the Lithuanian Riflemen&#039;s Union (LRU), a paramilitary organization, the national broadcaster reported today. This comes after an LRU commander, Gediminas Latvys, said &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/112878\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 6, Pozirk. The international command staff exercise Strong Will 2024 is being held in some areas of Kaunas and southeastern Lithuania on November 6\u201320, the Lithuanian Armed Forces reported. Officers practice preparations for planning and conducting large-scale defensive operations, interoperability with NATO, integration of combat support units and coordination. More than 400 troops with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":97887,"template":"","rubric":[30],"class_list":["post-112916","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lithuania holds defense exercise near Belarusian border | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 6, Pozirk. 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