Due to the tense situation on the border with Belarus, I have decided to reinforce our armed forces with a group of 500 police officers from riot control units and counter-terrorism units, Mariusz Kamiński, the Minister of the Interior and Administration, announced on July 2.
Reinforcement of the Polish border with Belarus
Due to the tense situation on the border with Belarus, I have decided to reinforce our armed forces with a group of 500 police officers from riot control units and counter-terrorism units. They join 5,000 border guard officers and 2,000 soldiers guarding the security of this Polish border
– informed the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration on Twitter.
Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński said on Wednesday that due to the Wagner group’s presence in Belarus, decisions have been taken to defend Poland’s eastern border, both temporarily and permanently. This applies both to the increase in the number of troops stationed there and to obstacles and fortifications on the border.
Deputy Chief of the Ministry of National Defense: A provocation is to be expected
On Friday, Deputy National Defense Minister Wojciech Skurkiewicz ruled that provocations are to be expected especially before the NATO summit in Lithuania, and that the Wagner group “could be used, for example, to move to the Polish-Belarusian or Lithuanian-Belarusian border to migrate by connecting them with migrant groups.”
The situation at the border
The border guard reported that 187 foreigners tried to illegally enter Poland from Belarus on Saturday.
These included citizens of Somalia and Iran. 45 of these people returned to Belarus when they saw Polish patrols
– said the SG in last day’s report.
Since the beginning of the year, the border guard has registered more than 12,000 attempts to cross the border illegally. According to data previously provided by the Border Guard, there were approximately 2.5 thousand in March and April. such attempts, in May about 3 thousand. In June there were also less than 3,000.
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– Danger? Government spokesperson: There is currently no discussion about establishing a state of emergency in the border regions
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Source: wPolityce