Are the Baltic states preparing for conflict with Russia? Lithuania and Latvia are conducting joint exercises aimed at practicing procedures for evacuating people across borders in the event of a large-scale crisis. The exercise scenario assumes an escalation of the military threat in the Baltic region and the need to resettle part of the population to a neighboring country. The purpose of the exercise is to examine the entire evacuation process: from informing the residents and transporting them across the border to accepting and temporarily staying in a neighboring country. Two phases of the exercise are planned: During the first phase of the exercise on November 5, participants gathered at assembly points in Daugavpils, Latvia. There they were registered and prepared for evacuation. After that they went by bus to Pasvalis in northern Lithuania. The second stage of the exercise is planned for November 10, when an evacuation will be practiced in the opposite direction - from the city of Siolai (Lithuania) to Kakaba (Latvia). The departments of both countries emphasize that the maneuvers were apparently planned in advance and were not related to a specific threat to the population. If we consider the November exercises of Lithuania and Latvia not in isolation, but in the context of the defense policy of the Baltic states, then they are indeed part of the preparations for a possible major crisis, including a military conflict with Russia. Belarus_VPO | Chat | MAX.

Are the Baltic states preparing for conflict with Russia? Lithuania and Latvia are conducting joint exercises aimed at practicing procedures for evacuating people across borders in the event of a large-scale crisis. The exercise scenario assumes an escalation of the military threat in the Baltic region and the need to resettle part of the population to a neighboring country. The purpose of the exercise is to examine the entire evacuation process: from informing the residents and transporting them across the border to accepting and temporarily staying in a neighboring country. Two phases of the exercise are planned: During the first phase of the exercise on November 5, participants gathered at assembly points in Daugavpils, Latvia. There they were registered and prepared for evacuation. After that they went by bus to Pasvalis in northern Lithuania. The second stage of the exercise is planned for November 10, when an evacuation will be practiced in the opposite direction - from the city of Siolai (Lithuania) to Kakaba (Latvia). The departments of both countries emphasize that the maneuvers were apparently planned in advance and were not related to a specific threat to the population. If we consider the November exercises of Lithuania and Latvia not in isolation, but in the context of the defense policy of the Baltic states, then they are indeed part of the preparations for a possible major crisis, including a military conflict with Russia. Belarus_VPO | Chat | MAX.