Polish equipment and soldiers are stationed on the border of Belarus

According to the report of Fars International News Agency, in the midst of the tensions between the West and NATO with Russia, the Polish army announced that it will deploy hundreds of soldiers and military vehicles of this country on the border of Belarus, and in justifying this action, it has claimed that it is trying to prevent the destabilization of the region. Prevent.

According to the report of the Russian network Rashatudi, the Polish army has claimed that it is seeking to maintain security on the border with Belarus, as Minsk has stated that the Belarusian coup plotters are training on Polish soil.

The 12th Warsaw Mechanized Division, which is part of the Polish Ground Forces, announced yesterday (Friday) that within the next few days, about 1,000 soldiers and 200 units of equipment will be deployed in the eastern province of “Podlaski” along the border with Belarus.

Regarding the purpose of this mission, the Polish army said: “The purpose of this operation is to demonstrate our will and ability to respond and respond quickly to attempts to destabilize the situation on our border.”

Despite the fact that the Polish army has provided few details about this mission, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak mentioned this program of his country’s army earlier yesterday.

In an interview with local Polish media, he said that Warsaw is trying to “contain a potential aggressor” and pledged to “respond to all these threats”.

Blaszczak went on to claim that Poland was “attacked in a hybrid war from the territory of Belarus” two years ago, but did not provide any documents or details.

The Minister of Defense of Poland continued: “The Polish Army has more than 175 thousand soldiers in its service. I am very grateful for the fact that many people have volunteered to serve in the Polish army. It is important that Poland is safe.”

Minsk, a close ally of Moscow, has accused Poland of harboring Belarusian exiles to train them for rebellion and coups in Belarus.

The Belarusian government has said it is closely monitoring the activities of the militias and has emphasized that Belarusian militias are based in training camps in Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania and the Czech Republic.

“We know the specific recruitment posts, we know who is involved and involved, and we know the training camps and the identity of their instructors and who is providing what sections and training,” Belarusian security chief Ivan Tertel said in April. .

Alexander Lukashenko, the President of Belarus last month, in an interview with the Russian state television, warned about possible attacks from the territory of Poland, Ukraine or any Baltic country to Belarus and explained that “if there is an attack against us, Minsk will enter the war in Ukraine.”

On the 11th of July, Mariusz Kaminski, the Polish Minister of the Interior, said that he would send 500 policemen to the border with Belarus. Earlier, the Polish border guard claimed that 187 people tried to enter Poland illegally from Belarus in one day.

Poland has a 186 km land border with Belarus, which recently strengthened this place with a metal structure. The Prime Minister of Poland announced in the past days that following the transfer of the head of the Wagner armed group to Belarus, the country’s military presence on the border with Belarus will be strengthened.

Belarus has so far held several exercises near the border with Poland to show its strength. In one of these exercises, 7,500 soldiers, 260 armored vehicles and 30 airplanes and helicopters participated.

At the same time as Russia’s war with Ukraine, Poland has adopted harsh positions against the Kremlin and of course Belarus, so that since June 11, all Russian and Belarusian trucks and vehicles have been stopped from crossing the borders of this country.

Since the beginning of the special military operations of the Russian army in February last year in Ukraine, Warsaw has taken part in the major arms aid from Ukraine such as sending tanks and fighters, and has also taken the policy of increasing its military budget.

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