Lithuania further renders continuous military support to Ukraine: on August the war-torn country received loaders, trailers and folding beds Lithuania had sent to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

On July 29–August 4 fighter aircraft of the NATO Baltic Air Policing Detachment were scrambled three times to intercept aircraft of the Russian Federation violating flight rules in international airspace over the Baltic Sea.

On Friday, President Gitanas Nausėda observed the military exercise Baltic Connection 2024 (BALTCON24) at the Lithuanian Air Force Air Base in Šiauliai.

On July 1–7 fighter aircraft of the NATO Baltic Air Policing Detachment were scrambled twice to patrol international airspace over the Baltic Sea and three times to intercept aircraft of the Russian Federation violating flight rules in international airspace over the Baltic Sea.

The Lithuanian Government has approved the Ministry of the Economy and Innovation's proposal to grant the German military industry leader Rheinmetall the status of a project that meets the urgent security and defence needs of the country. This allows the company’s Lithuanian Centre of Excellence for Ammunition to benefit from special investment and commercial conditions related to the fast-track set-up of the plant.

The Council of the European Union approved the new Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) Regulation. The regulations, based on Lithuania’s proposal, provides for the development of a new European gauge railway line to Klaipėda. The revised TEN-T Regulation also includes a new transport corridor connecting the Baltic, Black and Aegean Seas and additional links with Ukraine.

The second block of the Air Hotel has been officially opened in front of Kaunas Airport's passenger terminal, with an investment of more than EUR 3 million. In addition to nearly 100 comfortable, newly furnished rooms, the hotel offers conference and meeting rooms for rent, self check-in stations and all the necessary services for a comfortable stay.

The updated National Energy Independence Strategy was adopted by the Seimas today. The document aims to make Lithuania a fully energy independent country by 2050 that produces energy for its own needs and exports it.

The Defence Materiel Agency under the Ministry of National Defence has signed contracts to procure different drone systems – small class surveillance uncrewed aircraft systems from a Latvian company Edge Autonomy, mini class surveillance drones from an Estonian Threod Systems, and micro class drones (quadcopters) from Deftools UAB.

July 3, the Government approved the proposition of the Ministry of National Defence to withdraw from the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM). The draft resolution needs to be also approved by the Parliament and the President. If the Convention in denounced and Lithuania effectively withdraws, it is no longer prohibited to procure, stockpile and, if necessary, use cluster munitions.