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Every place Beyond the Borders mentions in "The Suwalki Gap: Putin's Top Target and Europe's Most Dangerous Hotspot", mapped

// THE CRUX The Suwałki Corridor is NATO's most vulnerable chokepoint, where a swift Russian pincer strike between Kaliningrad and Belarus could sever the Baltic states from the rest of the alliance.

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The Suwalki Gap: Putin's Top Target and Europe's Most Dangerous Hotspot

25 places, in order of mention

00:09PolandA territory between Poland and Lithuania
00:10Lithuaniaand Lithuania that probably very few people
00:22RussiaOn one side is Russia, on the other
00:24Belaruson the other side is Belarus
00:26Suwałki GapBetween them lies the Suwalki corridor
00:30Europedetermine war or peace in Europe
00:39Baltic Statesthe Baltic states, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia
00:41LatviaLatvia and Estonia would be cut off
00:42Estoniaand Estonia would be cut off
02:31East Prussiaand the former East Prussia
03:21KaliningradKaliningrad became a Russian enclave which changed
03:38CrimeaAfter Russia annexed Crimea in 2014
03:41Eastern Ukraineand conflict began in Eastern Ukraine
05:26KaliningradOn one side is Kaliningrad, a Russian military enclave
05:34BelarusBelarus is on the other side with Moscow's troops
05:56UkraineAfter Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022
06:50LithuaniaIn Lithuania, there is a German battalion
06:52Polandand in Poland, American troops
08:25Kaliningradfrom the north, Kaliningrad, and the south, Belarus
10:10Rail Balticais part of the Rail Baltica project
10:14Tallinnaims to connect Tallinn with Warsaw
10:15Warsawwith Warsaw via a high-speed line
12:09Kaliningradmainly occur from the Kaliningrad region
12:25RigaTallinn, Riga, Kaunas, and Warsaw will be connected
12:27KaunasKaunas, and Warsaw will be connected quickly