{"id":81190,"date":"2024-04-21T18:00:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T15:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/81190\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"lithuania-poland-launch-joint-military-drill-in-suwalki-gap","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/81190\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania, Poland launch joint military drill in Suwa\u0142ki Gap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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April 21, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Lithuanian and Polish armed forces have launched the joint tactical exercise Brave Griffin in the Suwa\u0142ki Gap area, the BNS<\/em> news agency reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news comes one month after the Belarusian leader’s made a statement suggesting that the area was particularly vulnerable to an attack from the east.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

US and Portuguese units will also participate in the drill, which will last until April 26, lrt.lt<\/em> said<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lithuania will deploy 1,500 troops of the \u017demaitija infantry brigade to practice, defensive scenarios in accordance with the Lithuanian-Polish Or\u0161a Plan, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LRT<\/em> reported that the Sword Strike exercise continues in Lithuania with US troops participating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On March 26, while inspecting troops near the border with Lithuania, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka asked the commander of the Northwestern Operational Command how many kilometers separated them from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cForty-two kilometers,\u201d Maj. Gen. Alaksandar Navumienka replied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s practically nothing,\u201d said \u0141uka\u0161enka. \u201cIt\u2019s wrong for them to behave like that. Now you would have to confront the Baltic republics.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On March 29, the Lithuanian foreign ministry handed Belarusian Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires Jaras\u0142a\u016d Chmyl a note of protest in connection with these remarks by \u0141uka\u0161enka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lithuania said he baselessly criticized the country as a military threat, suggesting that the Suwa\u0142ki Gap was vulnerable and ordering the Belarusian army to prepare for possible confrontation with the Baltic States and Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Suwa\u0142ki Gap is a narrow strip in Poland and Lithuania that some Western experts call a \u201cweak link.\u201d Its occupation by Belarusian and Russian forces would cut off the Baltics from the rest of the EU and connect Belarus\u2019 Hrodna region with Kaliningrad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus has been conducting a comprehensive combat-readiness exercise involving thousands of reservists since March 11 in response to Steadfast Defender, NATO\u2019s multi-domain exercise taking place from late January to the end of May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also read: \u0141uka\u0161enka, Putin deny plans to attack EU countries<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

April 21, Pozirk. The Lithuanian and Polish armed forces have launched the joint tactical exercise Brave Griffin in the Suwa\u0142ki Gap area, the BNS news agency reported. The news comes one month after the Belarusian leader’s made a statement suggesting that the area was particularly vulnerable to an attack from the east. US and Portuguese […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":81164,"template":"","rubric":[30],"class_list":["post-81190","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLithuania, Poland launch joint military drill in Suwa\u0142ki Gap | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 21, Pozirk. 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