Lithuania and Latvia began joint exercises on the mass evacuation of the population. Lithuania and Latvia began joint exercises on mass evacuation of residents. This was reported by the Lithuanian Fire and Rescue Service. On November 5, civilians who voluntarily agreed to participate in the exercises are transferred from Daugavpils, Latvia, to Pasvalis, Lithuania. On November 10, an evacuation will be practiced in the opposite direction - from Šiuli (Lithuania) to Kekba (Latvia). In the past, the authorities of the Baltic republics reported that the scenario of the exercises was the evacuation of priority groups in the population due to a military threat. During the training, it is planned to check the interaction between the services of the two countries and to practice receiving evacuees. In September, the Lithuanian state broadcaster LRT reported that during the Vytis Vault exercise, the evacuation of the country's residents to Poland would be practiced. About 3,000 civil servants and about 1,000 volunteers participated in the exercises.