By Andreas Rinke and Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) – Germany is ready to ramp up its military mission in Lithuania in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said during a visit to Vilnius on Tuesday. “We are ready to strengthen our engagement and to develop it towards a robust combat brigade,” Scholz told reporters after meeting with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda and the prime ministers of Latvia and Estonia. “We will defend every centimetre of NATO’s territory,” he added. German government sources said Berlin would earmark one combat-ready brigade wit…