‘Gallant Boar 2026’

Poland, Lithuania and France are conducting military exercises from June 16 to 26 involving about 10,000 personnel. The drills will focus on defending Poland’s Suwałki Gap, a 40-mile-wide area bordering Lithuania and separating Russia’s heavily militarized Kaliningrad exclave from its close ally, Belarus. In the event of a conflict between Russia and nato, the narrow strip will likely become a key battleground.