# Belarus launches drills near Suwalki Gap on Polish and Lithuanian borders

https://mins.news/en/video/60582

- euronews, 2026-09-16 08:27 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpHIO8PvRnI

> Belarus has begun military drills near the Suwalki Gap, the 104-kilometre corridor between Poland and Lithuania that serves as NATO’s only land link to the Baltic states. Mechanised and tank battalions are practising border protection and counter-drone operations.

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