DISINFO: Lithuania will be directly involved in the war in Ukraine
SUMMARY
The process of creating Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian military corpus continues with the purpose of using it in the war in Ukraine. This means that Lithuania will be directly involved in the war this way.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative claiming that Lithuania will be directly involved in the war in Ukraine.
The West supports Ukraine with military and financial aid for the country’s efficient self-defence, in accordance with the UN Charter Article 51, to stop Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.
It is hard to say exactly which “military corpus” is mentioned in the message. The closest analogy would be The Grand Hetman Kostiantyn Ostrogski Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian Brigade (LITPOLUKRBRIG).
The Brigade was established by an agreement between three countries signed in September 2014 in Warsaw. The Brigada mission is stated in the Technical Agreement signed on July 24, 2015, in Lviv (Ukraine). It is agreed that “the LITPOLUKRBRIG personnel participate in joint training and exercises, the Brigade or its elements will be deployed to international operations mandated by the United Nations Security Council, while decision regarding deployment of the LITPOLUKRBRIG to international operations will be made by general consent of all the establishing countries”.
There are no plans to use LITPOLUKRBRIG in the defence of Ukraine.
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