Post by sevenofnine on Aug 8, 2023 11:19:59 GMT -5
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Poland sends extra troops to Belarus border
Warsaw has agreed to send 1,000 additional troops to the border with Belarus after a request from the border guard service, state-run news agency PAP said on Tuesday.
Poland said the move came amid a renewed rise in illegal border crossings aided by Belarusian border guards and after soldiers from the mercenary Wagner Group appeared near the frontier.
Why is Poland making the move?
The Polish Defense Ministry said the deployment was "due to the dynamic situation on the Polish-Belarusian border" and after a request from the border guard itself.
Some 2,000 troops soldiers currently operating on the border with Belarus, assisting 5,000 border guards.
Deputy Interior Minister Maceij Wasik said migration pressure on the border with Belarus was growing.
The crossings, he said, were being organized by Belarusian border guards without whose participation "it would not be possible to pass."
Wasik said the Belarusian services had used tools to damage the border fence to allow migrants to cross.
The deputy minister added that there had been an uptick in aggression against Polish border guards, soldiers, and police officers at the border. He said bottles, stones, and branches had been thrown at them and, in one incident in June, an object thought to
www.dw.com/en/poland-sends-extra-troops-to-belarus-border/a-66470422
Poland sends extra troops to Belarus border
Warsaw has agreed to send 1,000 additional troops to the border with Belarus after a request from the border guard service, state-run news agency PAP said on Tuesday.
Poland said the move came amid a renewed rise in illegal border crossings aided by Belarusian border guards and after soldiers from the mercenary Wagner Group appeared near the frontier.
Why is Poland making the move?
The Polish Defense Ministry said the deployment was "due to the dynamic situation on the Polish-Belarusian border" and after a request from the border guard itself.
Some 2,000 troops soldiers currently operating on the border with Belarus, assisting 5,000 border guards.
Deputy Interior Minister Maceij Wasik said migration pressure on the border with Belarus was growing.
The crossings, he said, were being organized by Belarusian border guards without whose participation "it would not be possible to pass."
Wasik said the Belarusian services had used tools to damage the border fence to allow migrants to cross.
The deputy minister added that there had been an uptick in aggression against Polish border guards, soldiers, and police officers at the border. He said bottles, stones, and branches had been thrown at them and, in one incident in June, an object thought to
www.dw.com/en/poland-sends-extra-troops-to-belarus-border/a-66470422
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