Warsaw: Poland and NATO are deploying around 30,000 troops as part of the country's largest military drills of the year, Polish broadcaster TVP World reported Wednesday. The Polish Armed Forces are also assembling over 600 tanks, aircraft, and missile systems.

According to Anadolu Agency, the exercises, codenamed "Iron Gate," are taking place at a training ground in Orzysz, just 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the strategic Suwalki Gap, a narrow strip of land near the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. They are reportedly intended to demonstrate alliance unity amid rising tensions with Russia.

The drills coincide with the conclusion of Russia's joint military exercises with Belarus, Zapad-2025, which ended Wednesday after running since September 12 just across the border. The exercises also follow a recent suspected Russian drone incursion in the region.

Last week, Poland reported that at least 19 drones crossed into Polish airspace while Russia was attacking Ukraine. Russia, however, claimed the incursion was not deliberate.