{"id":186671,"date":"2026-05-07T16:13:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/186671\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T16:13:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:13:18","slug":"lithuanian-polish-troops-conduct-an-exercise-in-suwalki-gap","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/186671\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuanian, Polish troops conduct an exercise in Suwa\u0142ki Gap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>May 7, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> Lithuanian and Polish troops conducted an exercise from April 30 to May 7 to practice rapid and coordinated responses to potential threats in the Suwa\u0142ki Gap, a roughly 100-km stretch of the Polish-Lithuanian border wedged between Belarus and Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exercise Brave Griffon also involved Portuguese and US soldiers, <a href=\"https:\/\/lrp.lt\/en\/news\/the-lithuanian-and-polish-presidents-observed-joint-military-exercise-in-the-suwaki-corridor-territory\/47450\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported<\/a> the press office of the Lithuanian president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exercise forms part of the Lithuanian and Polish armed forces\u2019 operational defense plan Or\u0161a, developed for this strategically significant area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJoint exercises in the Suwa\u0142ki Corridor enhance the interoperability of our armed forces, refine joint response procedures to the point of automatism, and demonstrate our determination to deter any potential aggression. It is no coincidence that the defense plan for this strategically important area is called the Orsha Plan. Just as in Orsha in the past, Lithuanian and Polish soldiers stand ready today to act together to stop an enemy from the East,\u201d President Gitanas Naus\u0117da was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That was a reference to the 1514 Or\u0161a Battle, in which allied forces of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland defeated a superior force of Muscovite soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Naus\u0117da and Polish President Karol Nawrocki observed maneuvers on May 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 7, Pozirk. Lithuanian and Polish troops conducted an exercise from April 30 to May 7 to practice rapid and coordinated responses to potential threats in the Suwa\u0142ki Gap, a roughly 100-km stretch of the Polish-Lithuanian border wedged between Belarus and Russia. The exercise Brave Griffon also involved Portuguese and US soldiers, reported the press [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":164826,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-186671","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lithuanian, Polish troops conduct an exercise in Suwa\u0142ki Gap | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 7, Pozirk. 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