Lithuania and Poland are developing evacuation plans in the event of full-blown war with Russia, centred on a feared weak spot for the Nato alliance.
The countries are preparing procedures, logistics and infrastructure, including evacuation routes for civilians, through the Suwalki Gap.
Known as Nato’s ‘Achilles heel’, the Suwalki Gap is a 60-mile strip of territory linking Poland and Lithuania, where Nato generals fear Vladimir Putin might stage an attack.
The corridor connects Belarus, a Moscow ally, to the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad.
If Putin deploys his forces from Belarus across the gap to Kaliningrad, he could isolate Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from allies in central and western Europe.
Vilnius and Warsaw are developing a bilateral agreement to provide a framework for the plans, according to the Lithuanian National Crisis Management Centre.
The announcement came as Lithuania launched nationwide drills, including practice
This is a war the Western elite and its toadies want and no one else in their right mind. The linked article is full of propaganda. I posted it only for the news on military preparations, which indicate escalation. The goal of the war is to kill as many Europeans and Russians as possible, and then seize control of both territories. The immigrant fake asylum invaders will not do the fighting until the war is over, at which time they will mop up any remaining European patriots. ABN