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Russia: NATO holds exercise with live ammunition in Poland

Several hundred soldiers from six NATO countries took part in a joint land forces exercise in north-eastern Poland.

• April 6, 2023
NATO military exercise
NATO military exercise

Several hundred soldiers from six NATO countries took part in a joint land forces exercise in north-eastern Poland.

During the Amber Lynx 23 exercise on a military training area near Orzysz in the Warmia-Masuria province, live ammunition firing exercises were also to take place on Thursday.

This was a demonstration of the alliance’s readiness to defend NATO’s eastern flank, Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak wrote on Twitter.

The training exercise was organised by the Multinational Corps North-East, currently under German Lieutenant General Jürgen-Joachim von Sandrart.

Poland’s eastern borders include the Kremlin ally Belarus and Ukraine, which has been fighting off a full-scale Russian invasion for more than a year.

Poland has been a member of the NATO defence alliance since March 1999.

(Xinhua/NAN)

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