On the eve of NATO Summit: Germany unfolds in Lithuania Patriot aircraft

During the NATO summit in Vilnius, the Lithuanian Armed Forces are preparing to protect the airspace and conference members. More than 3,000 soldiers were allocated for this purpose. The German Bundesver places the Patriot Air Defense Far Defense System in Vilnius (Lithuania). This was reported on Thursday, June 29, in the Lithuanian Army Press Center.

According to the military, the PPO complex decided to deploy in front of the NATO Summit, which will be held in Vilnius 11-12, and in order to "provide enhanced protection on land, in territorial waters and in the air. " It is reported that the Patriot system will perform combat missions for the first time in Lithuania. "The perfection of her work on the site will be provided by a German crew on the basis of collective decisions.

Other combat tools will also be deployed in Lithuania in accordance with plans, procedures, communication and logistics decisions agreed in advance before the NATO Summit," the Lithuanian Armed Forces said.

The military emphasize that during the summit, the Lithuanian Armed Forces and Units of the Allies will provide additional measures to protect airspace, protection of important facilities, routes and high -ranking persons, check the safety of housing and transport, preventive checks of explosives in concrete quarters. Lithuania's armed forces have allocated more than 3,000 servicemen to ensure the safety of NATO summit in Vilnius.

At the same time, Lithuania is also preparing to reflect cyberattacks and the spread of fakes.

"The high likelihood of hostile information operations, cyberattacks and the dissemination of false information, the intensification of migrants from Belarus, maneuvers of military equipment and aircraft near the borders of the Lithuanian Republic, incite public excitement and panic due to the spread of hoaxes on social networks," We will remind, on June 28 it became known that Lithuania purchased two launchers for Ukraine anti-aircraft missile complex NASAMS.