{"id":155811,"date":"2025-09-16T20:30:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T17:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/155811\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"zapad-2025-drills-posed-no-threat-to-lithuania-nauseda","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/155811\/","title":{"rendered":"Zapad-2025 drills posed no threat to Lithuania \u2013 Naus\u0117da"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 16, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Belarusian-Russian Zapad-2025 drills did not pose a direct threat to Lithuania, said its president, Gitanas Naus\u0117da.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt the same time, since we consciously prepared, exercises were also held on our side. These were very serious\u201417,000 troops in Lithuania, a total of 40,000 together with Poland. These are truly large forces, which far exceeded those on the eastern side,\u201d <em>lrt.lt <\/em>quoted Naus\u0117da as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, Belarusian General Staff Chief Pavie\u0142 Muraviejka announced the completion of the active phase of the Zapad-2025 maneuvers, which took place from September 12 to 16 and involved around 7,000 troops.<\/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\/2025\/09\/litva_flag_klaipeda_POZ_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/litva_flag_klaipeda_POZ_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/litva_flag_klaipeda_POZ_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/litva_flag_klaipeda_POZ_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/litva_flag_klaipeda_POZ_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/litva_flag_klaipeda_POZ_1128x752.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\">Vilnius says Zapad-2025 backed by information campaign<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 15, Pozirk. The scale of information pressure on Lithuania increased almost tenfold after the start of the major Russian-Belarusian Zapad-2025 drill on September 12, Vilmantas Vitkauskas, in charge of Lithuania&#039;s National Crisis Management Center, has said. &quot;By information pressure, &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/155474\">\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>September 16, Pozirk. The Belarusian-Russian Zapad-2025 drills did not pose a direct threat to Lithuania, said its president, Gitanas Naus\u0117da. \u201cAt the same time, since we consciously prepared, exercises were also held on our side. These were very serious\u201417,000 troops in Lithuania, a total of 40,000 together with Poland. These are truly large forces, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[14,30],"class_list":["post-155811","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Zapad-2025 drills posed no threat to Lithuania \u2013 Naus\u0117da | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 16, Pozirk. 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