US 延長するs 大隊 in Lithuania as Russia 恐れるs 固執する
Abrams 戦車／タンクs are seen at the 鉄道 駅／配置する 近づく the Pabrade 軍の base in Lithuania on October 21, 2019 as the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs began （軍隊を）展開する，配備するing a 大隊
The 部隊d 明言する／公表するs will 延長する its rotation of a 激しい 戦車／タンク 大隊 in Lithuania, which sees no 削減 in the 脅し from Russia since Moscow's 侵略 of ウクライナ共和国, Lithuanian 公式の／役人s said Friday.
Lithuanian 弁護 大臣 Arvydas Anusauskas said that the 大隊, in the town of Pabrade since 2019, will stay at least until the start of 2026.
In a 声明 after 会合 US 弁護 長官 Lloyd Austin in Brussels, Anusauskas said the 決定／判定勝ち（する） 器具／実施するs "one of the most 必須の 客観的なs put 今後 by the sitting 政府: we have a 執拗な 軍の US presence in Lithuania."
Lithuania, along with 隣接地の Poland and fellow Baltic 明言する／公表するs Latvia and Estonia, has been at the 最前部 of support to ウクライナ共和国 since Russia atta cked on February 24.
The 侵略 新たにするd 恐れるs in nations 以前は under Moscow's 支配（する）／統制する. They have 元気づけるd on 最近の Ukrainian successes in taking 支援する land.
But a 上級の Lithuanian 公式の／役人 said that ロシアの 軍隊s still had the capacity to attack the Baltic 明言する／公表するs -- all members of the 北大西洋条約機構 同盟, which he said had insufficient 軍隊s in the area before the ウクライナ共和国 war.
"In our 査定／評価, they are not as 弱めるd as much as would change our 査定／評価 of the 脅し level to the 同盟," said Kestutis Budrys, 国家の 安全 助言者 to Lithuania's 大統領，／社長, said of ロシアの 軍隊s.
Speaking to reporters in Washington after 会談 with 大統領 Joe Biden's 国家の 安全 助言者, Jake Sullivan, Budrys said the probability remained low that Russia would attack 北大西洋条約機構 nations.
"But the 活動／戦闘s that we see that were done in ウクライナ共和国 and also the 試みる／企てるs to bring even more Belarus into the active 軍の 不快な／攻撃 against ウクライナ共和国 shouldn't make us more 静める," he said.
Belarus, whose 権威主義者 leader Alexander Lukashenko is one of the closest 同盟（する）s of ロシアの 大統領 Vladimir Putin, has let Moscow use its 領土 for the 侵略.
Lukashenko said earlier this week that Belarusian 軍隊s would （軍隊を）展開する，配備する together with ロシアの ones but did not 明示する where, and 主張するd the move was 防御の.
