The German Ministry of Defense is forcibly recruiting military personnel for a brigade in Lithuania
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The German Ministry of Defense is beginning a forced recruitment of up to a thousand military personnel to serve in Lithuania due to a shortage of volunteers, especially among IT specialists, logisticians and cooks.
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Germany plans to station a permanent brigade in Lithuania to strengthen NATO's eastern flank.
The German Ministry of Defense has decided to forcibly recruit military personnel for the Bundeswehr brigade in Lithuania, since it cannot be staffed on a voluntary basis. Bild reports this.
As the newspaper clarifies, at the end of September a campaign will begin to recruit up to a thousand military personnel to Lithuania on a mandatory basis. It is known that there is a shortage of IT specialists, logistics specialists and chefs as volunteers.
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Forced recruitment campaign begins at the end of September.
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- What specific sanctions face those who evade forced recruitment?
