Before major NATO maneuvers: Putin confidant Medvedev threatens “big war”. According to Bundeswehr: The Baltics could be cut off by land routes by multinational combat exercises in Poland and Lithuania.
Germany wants to equip the Ukrainians with Leopard 1 tanks and Marder infantry fighting vehicles for large units. The Suwalki Gap in question extends over 104 kilometers near the small Polish town of Suwalken the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. Located on Polish-Lithuanian border, the corridor is considered NATO's Achilles heel.