In the Baltic countries and Poland, fears are growing in safety after the statements of the Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Moravetsky that part of the Wagner PMC was transferred to the city of Grodno in Belarus, not far from the Suvalka corridor.
Suvalka corridor, about 100 kilometers long, is located on the Polish-Lithuanian border. The corridor got its name from the city of Suvalka in the east of Poland with a population of 70 thousand people.
The corridor is of great strategic significance, like the border between the countries of the Baltic and Europe.
In the case of an attack by Russia or PMC “Wagner” Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will be cut off from its Western allies.
If Russia tries to take control of the Suvalka corridor to connect the Kalinigrad region with Belarus, the Baltic countries will be cut off from Europe and Poland.
Poland’s media and the Baltic countries are increasingly mentioning the importance of the Suvalka corridor and statements by the head of the government of Poland Moravetsky about the transfer of Wagnerians to the border zone.
Suvalka corridor is also an important strategic point for NATO, as it is located on the border of two members of the Poland and Lithuania Alliance.
In the event of an attack on the Suvalki corridor, the Alliance will consider this the reason for launching the 5th article of the NATO Charter, which says, if “one state of the North Atlantic Alliance becomes a victim of an armed attack, all other states will consider this act of violence armed with an attack on all countries NATO “.
Messages that about 100 Wagner fighters were transferred to the border near the Suvalka corridor, as well as the transfer of the Russian military to the areas of Belarus border with the Lithuania, are considered not only as an increase in forces for a new front in the war with Ukraine, but and cause concerns in the issue of security in the Baltic countries.
According to some media reports, the Suvalka corridor is a “potential weak NATO place”, and the “most dangerous place in the world.”
Poland is also concerned about the safety of its borders in this site. In this regard, recently there are more and more statements about the need to strengthen borders.