2023-08-10 12:40:22
The authorities of Poland have reported this Thursday that the additional military deployment plan in the border with Belarus will include finally 10,000 employees whose objective will be, fundamentally, to support the Border Guard and carry out “deterrence” tasks.
“We are moving the Army closer to the border with Belarus to intimidate the aggressor so that he does not dare to attack us. Around 10,000 soldiers will be on the border: 4,000 will directly support the Border Guard and 6,000 will be in reserve,” the minister said. of Defense of Poland, Mariusz Blaszczak, in declarations to the station Polish Radiocollected by Europa Press.
The Polish authorities denounced last week that two Belarusian helicopters allegedly violated Polish airspacea country that belongs to the I’LL TAKE, although Minsk denied this. After that, he ordered the expansion of the military presence on the border.
Since the arrival of Grupo Wagner to Belarus as part of an agreement with the Russian president, Vladimir Putinto avoid being judged by the failed attempt at rebellion Since mid-June, Poland has been warning of the dangers it faces due to the presence of thousands of mercenaries near its border.
Complaints from Poland regarding insecurity at the border have been recurrent in recent years. Warsaw also accuses Minsk of use thousands of migrants to stress the area in retaliation for the EU sanctions for the political violence unleashed after the 2020 elections, in which the president, Alexander Lukashenko, revalidated his mandate for the sixth time.
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