500 U.S. troops to Lithuania close to the Belarus border, surprising uniforms in Minsk

The United States military has reportedly dispatched 500 soldiers to Lithuania to engage in war games near the border with Belarus. The deployment, to last until November, is “pre-planned and not associated with any events in the region,” a Lithuanian defense ministry statement said. The US made the announcement along with commending Lithuania’s investment on military warfare as more than a dozen Abrams tanks crossed the Lithuanian border from neighboring Poland on Saturday afternoon. “This level of cooperation, training, security and, ultimately, stability has been made possible by the commitment of Lithuania in the investment of more than 2 percent…