In recent days, there has been a significant increase in attempts to storm the Polish-Belarusian border, said the government’s plenipotentiary for the security of the information space of the Republic of Poland, Stanisław Żaryn. More than 10,000 have been reported this year, he added. attempts to illegally cross the border from Belarus into Poland.
Storm the border! Zaryn alerts
In recent days, there has been a significant increase in attempts to storm the Polish-Belarusian border. More and more foreigners are trying to reach Poland and further west. More than 10,000 have already been registered this year. trials. The hybrid operation against Europe continues
– wrote Stanisław Żaryn on Twitter.
In a series of submissions, the government plenipotentiary for the security of the information space of the Republic of Poland referred to previous information from the border guard that Polish patrols were attacked several times by groups of foreigners on Wednesday.
On the border between Poland and Belarus, increasingly serious acts of aggression against Polish patrols guarding the border are identified, groups of foreigners carry out their activities under the control of Belarusian and Russian services
– he gave.
From the beginning, the Polish government has indicated that we are observing a hybrid operation on our border with Belarus, led by Belarusian and Russian services. These actions are aimed at weakening NATO and are part of Russia’s aggression against the West
– added Stanislaw Zaryn.
Latest SG data
According to the border guard, 151 foreigners tried to illegally enter Poland from Belarus on Wednesday, and 60 of them returned to Belarus upon seeing Polish patrols.
According to the Border Guard, its officers have detained 323 people involved in organizing illegal crossings of the eastern border since the beginning of the year; they are mainly the so-called couriers and drivers.
Barrage at the border
An electronic firewall, a system of cameras and sensors, is located 206 km from the Polish-Belarussian border. It complements the 5.5 meter high steel dam built last year 186 km from the border. There are still 150 meters of installation left to complete the construction of the electronic dam on the last of the eleven sections, located near Narewka and Białowieża; engineering works there are currently hampering conditions in the field, as these places are under water. Installation is possible when the water level drops.
In Podlaskie, all border crossings with Belarus are closed until further notice. Only railway crossings in Kuźnica and Siemianówka are open.
Currently, the rules for the border strip apply in this region, and the restrictions are governed by the regulation of the voivode issued in September 2021 on the prohibition to stay on the entire part of the border strip on the border with Belarus , ie on the external border of the EU. The Ordinance of the Voivodeship of February this year on rules of order in the border area adjacent to the state border in the Voivodeship is also in force.
According to the definition of the State Border Protection Act, a strip of a border road is an area 15 meters wide inland from the state border or from the bank of the border water or the coast.
Source: wPolityce
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