by Agence France-Presse  January 29, 2022 in Air Force News

法新社2022年1月29日空军新闻

 

Four Danish F-16 fighter jets have arrived in Lithuania after the country appealed for a greater NATO presence due to Russia’s military build-up around Ukraine, officials said on Friday.

官员周五表示，由于俄罗斯在乌克兰周围集结军事力量，立陶宛呼吁北约扩大其存在，四架丹麦F-16战斗机已抵达立陶宛。

 

Denmark’s decision to send the jets “comes at just the right time”, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said at a ceremony at the Baltic state’s northern air base in Siauliai.

立陶宛总统吉塔纳斯·瑙塞达（Gitanas Nauseda）在波罗的海国家北部希奥利艾空军基地举行的仪式上说，丹麦决定派出喷气式飞机“来得正是时候”。

 

The fighter planes will patrol Lithuanian air space until April 1 along with four Polish fighters that have been stationed there since December 1. Several exercises are planned.

这些战斗机将与自12月1日以来驻扎在立陶宛领空的四架波兰战斗机一起巡逻，直到4月1日。计划进行几次演习。

 

The Baltic states feel threatened amid the current tensions between Russia and the West, with Moscow demanding NATO scrap its “enhanced forward presence” in the Baltics and Poland.

在俄罗斯和西方之间目前的紧张局势中，波罗的海国家感到威胁，莫斯科要求北约放弃其在波罗的海和波兰的“加强的前沿存在”。

 

“This is an extremely worrying time not just for Lithuania but for all the NATO allies,” Nauseda said.

“这不仅对立陶宛而且对所有北约盟国来说都是一个非常令人担忧的时刻，”瑙塞达说。

 

Lithuania is particularly concerned by Russian troop movements in neighbouring Belarus.

立陶宛尤其关注俄罗斯在邻国白俄罗斯的部队调动。

 

The forces there “are many more than during the Zapad military exercises” between Russia and Belarus last year, Lithuanian Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said.

立陶宛国防部长阿维达斯·阿努萨斯卡斯（Arvydas Anusauskas）说，那里的部队“比去年俄罗斯和白俄罗斯之间的扎帕德军事演习期间要多得多”。

 

Denmark announced earlier this month that it would deploy a frigate with 160 crew to reinforce NATO patrols in the Baltic Sea.

丹麦本月早些时候宣布，它将部署一艘载有160名船员的护卫舰，以加强北约在波罗的海的巡逻。

 

Six US fighter jets also landed in Estonia this week to boost the NATO mission there.

本周，六架美国战斗机也降落在爱沙尼亚，以加强北约在那里的任务。