Units of the Polish and Lithuanian armies will be trained according to a scenario developed in 2022, most of which is classified.
On Sunday, On April 21, joint Lithuanian-Polish tactical exercises with the air element “Brave Griffin 24/II” began. Military units of Poland and Lithuania, together with their allies, will test defensive scenarios in the so-called Suwalki corridor, bordering the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation and Belarus.
LRT reports this with reference to the press service of the Lithuanian Army.
1.5 thousand military personnel of the Samogitia infantry brigade named after will take part in the exercises. Great Hetman of Lithuania Jan Chodkiewicz. The number of Polish military personnel is not specified. Allies from the United States and Portugal will also take part in these exercises.
The exercises will take place in accordance with the bilateral Lithuanian-Polish “Orsha Plan”, which was prepared in 2022 by the commanders of the Polish armies and Lithuania. Most of it is classified.
The exercise will last until April 26.
At the same time, the “Strike of the Sword” exercise, organized by the US armed forces, continues in Lithuania.
Recall that on April 2, the armed forces of Belarus began military exercises in the regions bordering Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland.
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