Poland readies evacuation plans through 'Nato's weak spot' amid fears of Russian attack within weeks

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Poland has joined Lithuania in developing evacuation blueprints for Nato's most vulnerable corridor amid fears Russia could launch an attack within weeks.

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The Suwalki Gap, a slender 60-mile land bridge running along the Polish-Lithuanian frontier, has long been regarded as the alliance's Achilles heel.It sits between Russian-allied Belarus and Moscow's heavily-armed Kaliningrad exclave, making it a critical Western defensive priority.Were the Kremlin to seize control of the gap, the Baltic nations - Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia - would find their overland connections to Nato cut off entirely.Warsaw and Vilnius are now collaborating on a formal agreement to establish an evacuation framework, according to Lithuania's National Crisis Management Centre.The centre's chief, Vilmantas Vitkauskas, said: "Procedures, logistics, and infrastructure capabilities are being analysed together with colleagues from Poland, and the plan itself should be developed once an agreement is reached between...

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