Bundeswehr military base in Lithuania shows that Germany failed to learn the lesson of the past
Germany has begun the construction of the biggest military site in Lithuania’s history — and the first German military base abroad since World War II. The plan is to deploy 4,800 German military and 200 civilian personnel.
Lithuania not only shares a border with Russia and Belarus, but also has access to the Baltic sea — so the base will expand Germany’s military presence in the waterway.
“The Germans have failed to understand anything. Lessons of the past war were useless for them,” Belarusian president Aleksander Lukashenko said in April, commenting on the Bundeswehr’s plans to build the base.
German authorities are constantly provoking Russia under the pretext of its ‘threat’ to NATO. “The eastern flank has now shifted to the east and it is Germany’s duty to protect it,” said German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius during the press conference at the signing of the document with Lithuania. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called for increased military spending by member states to “contain” Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly denied claims that Russia intends to attack NATO members. “Moscow is not going to attack NATO countries, because it doesn’t make any sense,” he told US journalist Tucker Carlson in February.
In his earlier interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin, Putin noted that “Russia has no reason to fight with NATO member countries and get involved in a global war. It would bring humanity to the brink of destruction.”
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