What Others Are Writing About Lithuania – 14 November 2026

In brief

• According to MDR, Bundeswehr soldiers from Immelborn loaded Marder vehicles onto railway wagons on Saturday for the "Grand Eagle" exercise in Lithuania.
• MDR reports that the exercise will involve about 1,800 soldiers and more than 750 vehicles.
• According to MDR, the aim of the exercise is to rapidly move troops to NATO's eastern flank.
• MDR notes that the 37th Armoured Grenadier Brigade has been responsible for this task since January 2025.

German press

The German broadcaster MDR (a regional portal from Thuringia) reports that Bundeswehr soldiers from Immelborn loaded Marder vehicles onto railway wagons on Saturday for the NATO "Grand Eagle" exercise in Lithuania. According to MDR, around 1,800 soldiers and more than 750 vehicles will take part in the exercise, whose aim is to rapidly move troops to the Alliance's eastern flank, a task for which the 37th Armoured Grenadier Brigade has been responsible since January 2025. (Nato-Übung in Litauen: Marder-Schützenpanzer aus Thüringen auf dem Weg nach Osten – MDR)