Lithuania intends to upgrade and strengthen the second route through Sualka Corridor-the most important control point on the border with Poland, which is regarded as one of the most likely areas for any future attack by Russia on the European Union and NATO. "These roads are crucial to us in terms of security and defense.
They have always been part of our military-civilian planning as key land routes to support allies during the crisis," said Deputy Defense Minister Lithuania Thomas Godlyuskas in an interview. Subalc corridor is considered one of the most vulnerable points of NATO, serving a vital land corridor that connects the Baltic countries with the rest of the NATO Alliance. It connects Poland and Lithuania and borders Belarus and Kaliningrad's exclusive of Russia. The work will be completed only in 2028.
Nowadays, there are two main roads through Lithuania: one of them comes from Kaunas in Lithuania to Warsaw and is part of Via Baltica's military corridor, and the other is a regular route between the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius and the Polish city of Augustv. Lithuania, together with Poland, takes measures to expand its military infrastructure beyond Via Baltica, which is the main route of transferring reinforcements of allies to the country.
Via Baltica and Rail Baltica line - a project for the construction of high -speed rail from the Baltic States to Poland - are currently the main channels for military mobility. The goal is to improve the flow of goods, facilitate the movement of troops and support the potential evacuation of civilians in the event of a war. These efforts are part of a broader European desire to invest in double -purpose infrastructure - projects designed to meet both civilian and military needs.
Countries such as Spain, Belgium and Slovakia carry out similar modernizations. The EU Defense Commissioner Andrews Kubilus stated that the block will need to spend at least 70 billion euros on the urgent adaptation of its rail, road, sea and air corridors. Godlyuskas also stated that such border protection operations would probably be carefully monitored by Russia.
In addition, Lithuania discusses with other NATO and EU countries how to deal with GPS muffling by Russia, which already affects civil aviation and navigation systems. Although the road project meets the goals of the EU and NATO military mobility, it is not officially part of the programs of any of these organizations. Instead, it is funded as a bilateral initiative between the Polish and Lithuanian ministries.
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