La Lituania utilizzerà l’elicottero per oscurare i treni di transito russo
https://tvpworld.com/86121666/lithuania-will-use-helicopter-to-shadow-russian-transit-trains
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La Lituania utilizzerà l’elicottero per oscurare i treni di transito russo
https://tvpworld.com/86121666/lithuania-will-use-helicopter-to-shadow-russian-transit-trains
di dat_9600gt_user
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I for one cannot wait for the baltic contries to rip out their Soviet gauge railways and replace them with European gauge railways.
Oh non! Helicopter shadow train, very sneaky! 😂🚁🚂
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What is the point? Instead start renovation on the track going to Kaliningrad. Very extensive renovations that sadly make it impossible for trains to go through and will likely take years to complete.
Lithuania had no problems simply dismantling train track going to Mazeikiai refinery shortly after Polish company bought it, but when it comes to Russia they do this kind of pointless gestures.
**Lithuanian border guards will use a helicopter to escort Russian trains traveling between Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave on the Baltic coast and Belarus to the east.**
Russian cargo and passenger trains can transit Lithuanian territory under the Special Transit Scheme, an agreement between the European Union and Moscow.
But amid tensions in the region caused by an immigration crisis stoked up by Belarus and Russia’s war in Ukraine, the foreign trains have come under closer scrutiny.
A helicopter will accompany trains from their entry into the territory of Lithuania until their departure, said Rustamas Liubajevas, head of the State Border Guard Service.
“Our goal is to ensure the security not only of Lithuania but also of the European Union,” Lithuania’s Interior Minister Vladislav Kondratovič told reporters at an unveiling ceremony for the state-of-the-art H145 earlier this week.
The European Commission allocated €25 million worth of funding towards the purchase of three helicopters.
The aircraft, which comes with a hefty price-tag of €11 million, has a range of 680 kilometers, which will allow it to monitor the Russian trains without the need to stop for refueling.
The new helicopter is equipped with video surveillance systems, cargo hooks, search and rescue and firefighting equipment, allowing for more effective security operations and a swift response to emergencies, a government press release said.
Liubajevas said the other two aircraft will be used for border protection, as well as for search and rescue and organ transplant operations.
It’s obviously a good thing that the EU is funding some helicopters for Lithuania, but I think it would have sent a good signal to have various EU armies taking turns for this mission, as an extension of the Baltic policing mission.