Polonia plans to reinforce its eastern border with belarusally of Moscowwith “around” 10,000 soldiers, the Defense Minister announced Thursday, warning of potential security risks.
“There will be about 10,000 soldiers, 4,000 of whom will directly participate in the operations to support the border police and another 6,000 as reinforcements,” he declared. Mariusz Blaszczak to public radio.
A border guard patrols along the border wall on the border between Poland and Belarus
The day before, the minister had announced the deployment of 2,000 additional soldiers to reinforce its eastern border, where there are already 2,000 soldiers stationed.
Polanda member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), recently warned of the provocations of belarus and the risks of the presence of the Russian group of mercenaries Wagner in the country.
warsaw also accuses minsk already Moscow to organize a new record flow of migrants to the European Union (EU) to destabilize the region.
According to Polish border guards, 19,000 migrants tried to enter Poland since the beginning of the year, against 16,000 in 2022.
In July, more than 4,000 migrants tried to cross the Polish border.
