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On NATO’s eastern flank: The new German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius takes part in a Bundeswehr maneuver in Lithuania at the beginning of March.
Photo: Tobias Schwarz (AFP)
Boris Pistorius is panting through the deep snow, at minus 10 degrees his breath forms clouds, his cheeks are red, a green forage cap covers his skull. Deep in the forests of Lithuania, not far from the border with Belarus, the new German defense minister is practicing the defense of NATO’s eastern flank with Bundeswehr fighters. “Nice to see you here,” says the company commander at the end. He finds the fact that the commander-in-chief took part “world class”.
