German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday is set to visit Bundeswehr soldiers taking part in NATO exercises in Lithuania and then hold talks with Baltic leaders. Scholz’s trip underscores the strategic importance of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in the wake of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. The three NATO and EU countries are among Kiev’s most ardent supporters and fear the Kremlin’s military aggression will not stop at Ukraine. They all share a border with Russia and were once part of the Soviet Union. Reflecting this new reality on NATO’s eastern flank, Germany is prep…