20,000 NATO Troops with 3,500 Combat Vehicles and Equipment from 9 NATO countries Arrive in Poland near Belarus Border.
Around 20,000 troops from nine countries are taking part in NATO exercises in northern Poland to test the alliance’s deterrence and defence capabilities, including around the Suwałki Gap, a strategic chokepoint between Poland, Lithuania, Belarus and Russia.
The drill, dubbed Dragon 24, is part of the larger Steadfast Defender 24 exercises, NATO’s largest since the Cold War, involving a total of 90,000 troops from all 31 NATO member states and incoming member Sweden.
The Dragon 24 exercises, which began last week, involve 20,000 soldiers and 3,500 equipment units from Poland, the US, France, the UK, Spain, Germany, Slovenia, Turkey and Lithuania and encompass operations on land, at sea and in the air, as well as in cyberspace.
Poland’s 11th Lubusz Armoured Cavalry Division has been assigned as the main force to take part in the exercise, but special forces, air force, navy and territorial defence soldiers are also involved. NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup Poland is also taking part.
The forces involved are practising crossing roads, bridges and rivers to reach the Suwałki Gap, which lies on the Polish-Lithuania border and is located between Belarus and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.
A total of 3,500 personnel and 1,000 equipment units are taking part in the crossing from the village of Opalenie to Korzeniowo, which will last three days.
These are joint exercises to strengthen the security of the entire eastern flank of NATO, not only Poland but also the Baltic States.
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