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Germany Deploys First Permanent Brigade in Lithuania by 2027

By Drooid · Oct 28, 2026 · How we work

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Germany stations its first permanently deployed Bundeswehr brigade in Lithuania to warn of Belarus and Kaliningrad activity.
Vice Admiral Thomas Daum says the brigade will collect Russian-Belarusian emitter and radar data to update databases.
Lieutenant Colonel Moritz Kaselow says the Oct 23–Dec 7, 2026 phase deploys 170 932nd Electronic Warfare troops and 40-metre antennas moved by drones.
Germany expects roughly 4,800 soldiers and 200 civilian staff to be based in Lithuania by end-2027.

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Germany stations its first permanently deployed Bundeswehr brigade in Lithuania to warn of Belarus and Kaliningrad activity.
Vice Admiral Thomas Daum says the brigade will collect Russian-Belarusian emitter and radar data to update databases.
Lieutenant Colonel Moritz Kaselow says the Oct 23–Dec 7, 2026 phase deploys 170 932nd Electronic Warfare troops and 40-metre antennas moved by drones.
Germany expects roughly 4,800 soldiers and 200 civilian staff to be based in Lithuania by end-2027.