Belarus reported five cases of airspace violation by Poland

Since the beginning of September, Poland has violated Belarusian airspace five times, said Valery Revenko, head of the department of international military cooperation of the Belarusian Ministry of Defense.

“Polish light aircraft on patrol [2 ноября] repeatedly crossed the state border of the Republic of Belarus to a depth of 200 m. Since the beginning of September, Poland has committed five similar incidents that can be described as “on the brink” – wrote he’s on X (formerly Twitter).

He added that the Belarusian Foreign Ministry lodged a strong protest with Polish Charge d’Affaires Martin Wojciechowski in connection with the November 2 incident.

How clarified in the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the department demanded a “thorough investigation of this incident and the adoption of effective measures to eliminate similar cases in the future.” “They strongly pointed out the fundamental inadmissibility of a negligent attitude towards flight operations in the border zone,” the statement said.

September 28, Ministry of Defense of Belarus reportedthat a Polish helicopter twice violated the border of the republic. On September 1, a Polish military helicopter Mi-24, flying at an extremely low altitude, crossed the state border, flying to a depth of 1200 m, and then returned back, reported at the Border Committee of Belarus.

The situation on the Polish-Belarusian border worsened in the summer, when fighters from the Wagner PMC arrived in Belarus. Poland and the Baltic countries demanded from the republic that the PMC immediately leave the country.

On August 10, the head of the Polish Ministry of National Defense, Mariusz Blaszczak, said that the authorities intend to send 10,000 troops to the border with Belarus. Prior to this, Warsaw accused fighters of the Wagner PMC of trying to infiltrate Polish territory.