Poland will send another 2,000 troops to the border with Belarus

Poland will send an additional 2,000 troops to the border with Belarus, writes Reuters. This is twice as much as previously requested by the Polish border guard.

Reuters notes that “Poland has become increasingly concerned about the border zone since hundreds of battle-hardened Wagner mercenaries arrived in Belarus last month at the invitation of President Alexander Lukashenko.”

The decision was made by the Security Committee and Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak.

On August 8, at the Gozhsky training ground in the Grodno region of Belarus, not far from the borders with Poland and Lithuania, the 6th separate guards mechanized brigade of the armed forces of the republic spent stage of live-fire exercises. The exercises created “as close to real” environment as possible.

On August 7, Deputy Interior Minister of Poland Maciej Wonsik informedthat the border service of the republic requested 1,000 reinforcements to the border with Belarus.

August 5 Warsaw accused fighters of PMC “Wagner” in an attempt to penetrate the territory of Poland. Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Pavel Yablonsky also added that Poland is sending more troops to the border and is considering any steps that will be necessary to protect the territory, including the complete closure of the border.

On the evening of August 1, the Ministry of National Defense of Poland stated that two Belarusian helicopters violated the country’s airspace during exercises near the village of Belovezha. The Belarusian Defense Ministry said that the accusations of violating the border of Poland by the Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopters of the Belarusian Air Force and Air Defense Forces are far-fetched and were made by the Polish military-political leadership to justify the build-up of forces and means near the Belarusian border.