Lithuania’s Defence Ministry plans to build an ammunition storage facility in the central district of Ukmergė at the request of its German allies.
The cabinet approved the resolution on Wednesday to add ammunition storage facilities to the list of military infrastructure required for the host nation support.
According to the ministry’s explanatory note, Germany, which plans to station a brigade in Lithuania by 2027, has identified the need for ammunition storage infrastructure and chosen the location.
In addition to other planned facilities, the site will include ammunition storage buildings. A 400-metre-wide security zone with special usage conditions will be established around the designated plots.
The ministry acknowledged that creating these plots would negatively affect the owners of the land in the security zone.
To avoid this, it plans to reorganise the main plot in Ukmergė District so that the ammunition storage area is separated and no private land is included in the 400-meter zone.
The resolution has been coordinated with the Environment Ministry and submitted to the Ukmergė District local authority, which raised no objections.
The ministry noted that the total size and boundaries of land in Ukmergė District designated for military infrastructure will not change.
The list of infrastructure needed for host nation support includes, among other things, about 192.5 hectares of state-owned land in Ukmergė District for allied troop deployment.
Berlin has pledged to fully deploy a brigade of some 4,000 to 5,000 troops in Lithuania by the end of 2027.
The Lithuanian Armed Forces plan to develop a division by 2030, which will include tanks and other heavy equipment.
According to the ministry, around 200 military infrastructure projects are currently under development in Lithuania, with a total value of about 4 billion euros over the next four years.
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