Before major NATO maneuvers: Putin confidant Medvedev threatens “big war”. German armed forces are providing 13,000 soldiers and dozens of battle tanks for the large-scale exercise from mid-May 2024.
According to the Bundeswehr, “the focus is multinational combat exercises in Poland, Lithuania, among others,” which suggests simulated battles around the Suwalki Corridor. The corridor on the NATO-Lithuanian border is considered NATO's Achilles heel.