How Are Lithuania & Poland Defending The Suwalki Gap?
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- One POLITICO article calls it “the most dangerous place on earth,” while others have called it NATO’s weakest point.
It’s not hard to see why the Suwalki gap has these names. It’s sandwiched between unfriendly, non-allied territory: The Russian exclave of Kaliningrad to the west, and Belarus to the east.
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we wouldn't be that isolated. the baltic sea is practically nato's lake now with sweden and finland being in nato now. it's highly unlikely that russia will put ALL of their army boats in the baltic. so, if worst comes to worst, we still have an entire sea of help. germany, poland, denmark, sweden and finland would all be ready and willing to help us defeat russia.
We all know how the great ruzzki navy ended up on the bottom of the black sea. The rest of it will be on the bottom of the Baltic sea.
Dlaczego chcemy kupić trzysta himarsow z Korea i 500 himars z USA? By móc w razie wojny,-ataku Rosjan , zablokować atak i zneutralizować Królewiec/ Kaliningrad.. . Dlatego też kupujemy balony z radarem, statki zwiadu elektronicznego czy satelity. By wiedzieć ..
@@TheTwangKingsLet's not! Baltic sea is full of shit already since WWII and all the rivers flowing into it! 😮
@@clandeszipp4564 War is an environmental hazard. But ruzzians care very little about that, as we can see very clearly.
nice comedy
I drove through the gap to visit Poland while attending a wedding in Lithuania. It was a rather benign trip you would never know its importance just by driving the highway.
I've been living 40mins away from the border all my life, driving from Lithuania to Suwalki city to buy groceries and other goods multiple times a year. Hearing people call it the most dangerous place on earth is crazy to me, it was never like that previously.
@@DaTripasA peacful bordertown in Poland where nothing happens is more dangerous than Ukraine, Afghanistan and Syria?
Sounds like sensationalist journalism to me
@@Sebastian-fk3gs if you compare these two wars with that your are wrong. Thats the big one, oldtime war europe is back
After Sweden and Finland joined Suwalki gap isn't a big problem anymore.
It is still problematic, however kaliningrad now is a sitting duck surrounded with big guns from all sides, so the fleet stationed in Baltiysk port is quite useless now
It was never really a big issue, we could always mass more troops there quicker to take Kalingrad, and the terrain in the gap is all swamps and forests so wasnt the kinda thing you could easily take with armored formations (which we would have had massive air superiority over)
@@Sebastian-fk3gsand what's funny, russia is redirecting forces from Kaliningrad, active soldiers were reduced from around 30k to 3k
@@alexanderrose1556 Yes you're right. But We should be ready for all scenarios, event to russia taking suvalki gap.
@@Dread_2137 Yes, they're removing soldiers and equipment. and there's a few reasons. First one is war in Ukraine, Russia sends more troops to Ukraine to fill the army. Second one is that Sweden and Finland joined Nato which leads to siege of Kalliningrad. Since Nato Baltic fleet became way bigger and stronger. To russia there's no point in defendng an esclave that is surrounded by enemies.
Poland and the Baltic States are constructing lines of heavy defences alongside the Eastern Flank. In Poland it's the "Shield East" (Tarcza Wschód) and in Lithuania it's the "Baltic Line".
To nie bunkry jak w Ukrainie ,raczej działania antydostepowe oraz ułatwiające ruchy naszej armi. . Skanalizowany atak Rosjan będzie dla Rosji droga do piekła my nie podpisaliśmy umowy na nie używanie broni kasetowej i termobaryczne.
Poland can't take care of ciapaty's on the border, let alone RU army...
you can't get along with ciapaty's let alone russia...
@@robertklimczak5630 Jak już będzie wojna, to te umowy każdy będzie miał w dupie.
@@UnknownBeats it depends if stockage is forbidden or not. If not, you won't have any of them to use.
#Russia won't stop until they are stopped
- Putler the War Criminal
Very nice, as always! Thank you :)
To everyone saying this is not a threat anymore because of NATO lake, it still is of critical importance. In a Russian/NATO conflict, keeping the Kaliningrad Oblast geographically isolated would still be incredibly valuable. While the Baltic members of NATO could feasibly be resupplied and reinforced through the Baltic, that becomes significantly more difficult when Russia has both St Petersburg and Kaliningrad from which to operate its Baltic fleet.
Russia could not control the Baltic by themselves (especially now with Sweden and Finland) but not being able to control the North Sea didnt keep Germany from seriously threatening British shipping and supply.
The risk of Russia completely isolating the Baltic states may not be the existential threat it once was, but the value of the gap has simply shifted, not lessened. Instead, now the Suwalki Gap exists as an opportunity for NATO to isolate and neuter a significant number of Russian forces. Additionally, reinforcing and resupplying the Baltics is simply easier when you have more options for transportation, and less ways for the enemy to threaten those options, all of which NATO has by holding the gap.
NATO lake and who says you have to play defense in a war wink wink.
Excellent summary
I live right on the suvalki gap
Axaxax damn :DDD i am pole from Lithuania and damn man you are in real trouble there :DDDD axax
rip
alright bro, Im counting on you to hold the line ! 💪💪💪
I believe in you
@@EA00000 Don't worry, you are to weak of a country for that
Suwalki gap is very important place. There is only one land way connection from Poland and west NATO allies to Baltic states. This location require strong defense, especially in Lithuanian territory. Lithuania needs more numerous air defense, early warning, surveillance and artillery systems. Lithuanians should strengthen their own forces on the ground to defend their own territory. Then NATO allies can send aid with air forces and land forces across Suwalki gap. Without Lithuanian strong defense, allies can not do it well.
It's not that important and honestly never was. The idea that NATO's retaliation for attacking any Baltic state would be to reinforce using Suwalki gap is a typical uninformed mistake. If Baltic states are openly attacked NATO will go through Kaliningrad Oblast, or as it will be called by then Kaliningrad glass desert.
The K-place not "kalinindegrade".
"Get your kicks on route 66" or "go to heaven on route 67".
Przez drogę 69?
@@robertklimczak563069 is the most important way, it became the number one!*
*In 2016 route 69 to Zwardoń was incorporated into the route 1.
Terrain there is not the best for heavy armored vehicles, bigger roads are going only between Lithuania and Poland, so there don't exists good roads between Belarus and Kaliningrad, and artillery units are looking in that direction, so it would not be easy to punch corridor in this terrain under heavy artillery bombardment from both sides.
It's mostly tall grass and lots of mud. Also there are plenty of hills.
After the first Russian move the name Kaliningrad has to be gone from the map.
800 himars wystarczy?
Yes it should be called Königsberg, after that Gdansk should be called Danzig. And of course Schlesien needs to be turned back.
@@robertklimczak5630 Jeden "Kh-47M2 Kinzhal" w Nitrochem S.A. wystarczy. 53° 5'15.32"N 18° 5'39.49"E
@@synth1002 kindzaly nie przeleca nawet przez Ukrainska obrone powietrzna. Kacapskie marzenia. A na froncie juz T-55 :D
@@BenyNukem T-54 i pojazdy rodem z Mad Maxa.
Czekamy na T-34 ściągane z pomników.
Asfar, as Kilinengrad is concerned a few months ago there was a report that came to light that the people of Kilinengrad wanted to be annexed by Poland and become part of Poland. Russia would lose every asset it had in Kilinengrad making the Svaldie Gap useless to Russia.
as a lithuanian, it doesnt matter, theres a literal fence blocking the belarussian and kaliningrad border, and a wall between latvian and estonian borders, so their chance of taking over the suwalki gap is limited, and even if they do get it, finland, sweden, germany, poland, denmark and other nato members will just easily supply the area via the baltic sea, in fact, russias port in st petersburg isnt even a warm-water port all year round so the baltics will bbe perfectly fine in case of a war, and in the ukraine war, russia isnt doing very well, so it can be easily seen as russia will not really do well in the baltics, at most they'll gain around 15,000 sq km in total of every country in the baltics.
Dear Lithuania, do you have a strong guy overs there? We need a king who will end this bullshit AGAIN. Send him over! 😊❤
so since Lake NATO SuValkai Gap is not that important.
Old question:
How Are Lithuania & Poland Defending The Suwalki Gap?
New question:
How ruZZia is planing to defend kaliningrad district (when entire Baltic sea become „internal“ NATO sea)?
4:44 Choosing Orsha was not random. The battle of Orsha of 1514...
In order to fully protect the Suvalkų gap we need to „liberate“ Karaliaučius.
Poland is doing quite well with 4% of Gdp for defense.Lithuania in my opinion could do better, looking at %Gdp for defense it's less than 3%.Too little for living under the shadow of mordor.Big respect for both countries.
both of them used to be provinces of the great russian empire.
With Sweden and Finland part of NATO, there is both sea and air routes into the Baltics,
Attacking Suwalki Gap was made pointless by Sweden and Finland joining NATO. That would not help isolate the Baltics from the rest of NATO, as NATO controls the sea. If (big if) russia decides to attack Lithuania, their only hope is to assault Vilnius and try to knock Lithuania out of the war as soon as possible. But that would be not only very, very difficult (Vilnius is located close to the boundary, sure, but it has natural protection from the east and would prove to be a hard nut to crack), but also even if they succeed, that would not necessarily make Lithuania surrender, and the land west of Vilnius is also very unpleasant to the attacker.
Kaliningrad is 55km from the Polish border city of Braniewo and 170km from the Poland-Belarus border via the Suwalki Gap. Who gets to Kaliningrad 1st, NATO or Russia/Belarus?
a russian thermonuclear missile does
The whole point is to get both polish and finnish forces busy defending their own land while Russia takes the baltic states. They will be capable of doing so once the war in Ukraine ends, despite people talking how weak Russia is.
Fulda Gap 2.0, maybe the US should bring back the 11th ACR to post up in the area.
The video is excellent but it seems to be incomplete. What are the Poles doing? What is happening on the Polish side of the Polish -Lithuanian border. Also "w" in Polish is like the English "v" or like the German "w".
Poland would wipe kaliningrad off the map. All these talks about it being a weak point is just clickbait.
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I think that now with Finland and Sweden in NATO defending Suwalki Gap lost its importance.
That's where you're wrong, my friend.
Lots of land mines, anti tank ditches, barbed wire, underground concrete bunkers, underground tunnels and night vision drones would make Suwalki gap the strongest NATO point.
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I have land in Suwalki gap .This is a task for generals how to protect it ..
Its gonna need heavy anti air and anti artillery equipment presence
Best way to travel Suwalki is by enduro motorcycle. It opens up from the best angle. Just a hint. ;)
Why is the Suwalki Gap open when Russia severs Baltic cable connections. Time to sever Russias connection ...NOW.
nice
The Empire of Evil isn't able to overcome its brotherly Slavic Orthodox neighbor. It could not subjugate the Russian- speaking city Kharkiv. Failed attacking Hostomel airport. Etc.....Kalininburg is surrounded by our NATO rockets and howitzers. Thus, frightening click baits about this gap are useless.
PRO TIP: it is NATO who is defending this gap. Not Lithuania and Poland.
Yes. Which Lithuania and Poland are a part of. Now sit down
Tak, my tylko chcemy wystawić 1600 czołgów,800 himarsow czy 800 dział samobieznych155 mm. Również ponad 2 tysiące bwp i kołowych wozów bojowych. Mamy nadzieję że reszta Europy wystawi podobna ilosc .
Poland and Lithuania are what NATO has on the spot. It is our job to defend that piece of land, whether NATO tripwire forces are present or not.
yeah and guess what lithuania nad poland are in nato and only our armies are stationed there germany doesnt leave their borders and american bases are more to the south and west
@@robertklimczak5630 Polska wytrzyma max tydzien. To nie Ukraina. Ktora stracila 600k ludzi i caly radziecki sprzet. Polska armia jak i ludzie, wiekszosc ped_ly, brak podstawowego poziomu testosterony. Szkoda ludzi jezeli dojdzie do konfliktu.
"K-city" area needs to go and acquire a new owner, for the safety of everyone.
beware of the hazelnut.
In my opinion Caracas or Port au Prince are more dangerous but ok.
Calm before the storm.
There will be no rest until Poland takes kaliningrad from russia.
😂😂😂
that's a weird way of committing suicide.
@@kjererrt7804 being afraid of ruzzia is suicide
🇧🇾🇷🇺👎🏼 🇵🇱 🇱🇹🫡
Baltic states should have one army
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Poland should move its north-east border to Niemen river, as it was in the XIX century. Lithuania, in turn, should be given north-western lands of Belarus.
Białoruś jest zniewolona przez Rosję. Nie wolno niszczyć Białorusi. Mamy tylko nadzieję że kiedyś będą wolni.
Niemen river as you call it always belonged to us Lithuanians not Poles
@@CommonSenseMatters1111Oh really? You don't know history. Mariampole, Alytus belonged to XIX century Kingdom of Poland, after partitions, and Privislansky Krai.
@@beynar3087 Partitions ??! 😂😂 Nemunas river always belonged to Lithuania from the very begining even before the Livonian order that was on Baltic shores.
@@CommonSenseMatters1111 After 1815 Suvalki region with Mariampole and Alytus was a part of polish kingdom. True, this region was mostly populated by Lithuanians. Anyway, I think it would be a great idea to have a border on Niemen river between Poland and Lithuania. Maybe we could exchange population. Polish population from Vilnius region could be sent to Mariampole and Alytus and Lithuanians sent to Vilnius.
Lithuania defending????
With what bow and arrow ???🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Poland defending throwing sticks and stones
You do know that we spend 3 times more on military than Belarus?
It’s time to grow up, these central countries are now as competent than other western countries in fact, it is believed Poland will move up a rank In military power around 2025. We are not the same countries from 30 years ago. Trust me
I think there's European countries need to think many times over before they put their hand into the bears mouth they just might not get it back.
We thought so 3 years ago. Today whole world knows that this bear is in fact a rotting teddy bear.