Men between the ages of 19 and 26 would be subject to compulsory military service for a period of nine months. The new plan would call up 3,000-3,500 soldiers every year.

Lithuania abolished compulsory military service in 2008.

In an interview in November 2014, President Grybauskaitė called Russia a “terrorist state,” saying Russian aggression could spread across Europe, if it’s not stopped in Ukraine. Responding to Grybauskaitė, the Russian Foreign Ministry said her remark “surpassed even the most extremist statements heard from the mouths of nationalist radicals in Kiev.”

For the past several months, NATO countries have complained about Russian incursions into European airspace. In December 2014, Poland’s defense minister said Russian military activity around the Baltic region had reached “unprecedented” levels.