Zapad 2021. Now With the Suwalki Gap Within Reach

Every four years Russia conducts its Zapad military exercises to simulate large-scale conventional warfare in their west. This is the first one since the effective Russian Anschluss with Belarus.

Here we go again:

“About 12,800 troops will participate in the drills on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, including 2,500 Russian personnel and up to 50 Kazakh servicemen,” Belarus Deputy Defense Minister Viktor Gulevich said, as quoted by Russia’s Tass official news agency.

Every four years, Russia and Belarus hold the Zapad exercise, which has a history of unnerving U.S. and NATO military officials concerned that Moscow could use the drill as a means for moving larger than announced numbers of forces near allied borders.

You wonder why Poland wants lots of American weapons and American troops?

This exercise takes on added significance following Russia's subliminal Anschluss.

Because a Russian stroll through the Suwalki Gap to link up with Kaliningrad creates a kill sack for any NATO forces in the Baltic states.

Let's hope that the growing numbers of NATO F-35s supporting NATO air and missile power will create a "highway of death" for Russian forces marching through Belarus to hit NATO in Poland and Lithuania from Belarus territory.