Germany are training with dystonia and troops this maneuver is simulating an attack on a nato partner in the baltics the russian border is less than one hundred kilometers away. Is one of the sergeants here he and his colleagues dont want to reveal their full names for Security Reasons wholl little of small of the political tensions between russia and europe may seem far away to them and yet local politics demands their presence in the forests of dystonia zero zero. Four zero five zero zero zero if they stick gave it make a lego that was so in contrast to an actual mission there are no live munitions here. We say train like you fight and fight like you train for good
reason. Estonia is a member of nato soldiers from Different Countries have to be able to fight together the mission to break through the line of antitank mines without any losses if possible. To do to fight you know five. Young funnelled its tense because we always try to train at the highest level its meant to be a realis
germany are training with dystonia and troops this maneuver is simulating an attack on a nato partner in the baltics the russian border is less than one hundred kilometers away. is one of the sergeants here he and his colleagues don t want to reveal their full names for security reasons who ll little of small of the political tensions between russia and europe may seem far away to them and yet local politics demands their presence in the forests of dystonia zero zero. four zero five zero zero zero if they stick gave it make a lego that was so in contrast to an actual mission there are no live munitions here. we say train like you fight and fight like you train for good
a policy of determined political signals don t play much of a role for yan and his colleagues they have to follow orders and pack their backs. on a call goes out who can do this then a group the selected and then you go. on to one of them. to lithuania the german soldiers will be stationed here for six months treaties between nato and russia prohibit any permanent presence. daily routine being fit staying fit just in case yannis thirty nine he s been in the army for twenty one years what suffice to be a soldier back then isn t enough anymore the german army has changed its stance with the equipment. the scans i for their guns are not awful so when i started in the army
since russia annexed the crimea countries like lithuania are worried the nato presence in the baltic region sends a signal to russia ion lund a country such as germany with its great political relevance and its enormous economic power has to be ready to take responsibility and that includes places where you might not get praise over the past two years there have been crises around europe a home. in between that starts on our eastern border the dispute with russia and under that s what was loaned us is our that s on europe s door step on this have and it has a major impact on our stability our growth and our future to confirm what i m what . i want to do it will really be all mountains on germany s border with
the czech republic around three hundred eighty soldiers will be heading from marion back to lithuania sergeant young is also here it s their last muster on home territory not everyone is happy about the german presence on nato s eastern border russia considers it a provocation that s why a reporter from the russian state broadcaster on t.v. has a few questions for the commando. good again i want to know why it s considered necessary to show an increased presence on lithuania s eastern border but where is the threat where s the aggression where the attacks. for the. from exxon was in for what for want of one we are there because of a nato decision made by nato members were there because of the threat perceived by the people of lithuania is their cordoned off rule and i personally feel that this talk of threat is being hyped up. this doesn t look like