The Polish Ministry of Defense has agreed to send additional troops to the border with Belarus following a request from the border guard.
This was stated by the Minister of Defense Mariusz Blaszczak, the Polish News Agency (PAP) reports.
The day before, the head of the Polish Border Service Tomasz Praga asked to send an additional thousand servicemen to the border. PAP clarifies that two thousand Polish servicemen are currently serving on the border with Belarus, helping the border forces.
- Poland began to strengthen the border against the background of the transfer to Belarus of the forces of the PMC "Wagner". At the beginning of July, 500 police officers were sent to the border, and in August, combat helicopters from two brigades of the Polish army were flown to the border. This happened after two Belarusian Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters violated the countryʼs airspace.