A serviceman of the Polish Armed Forces was killed on the Belarusian-Polish border. About it informs Polish radio.
The deceased served in the 17th Wielkopolska Mechanized Brigade. According to preliminary data, he died as a result of an accident associated with a shot from a service weapon. It is noted that “third parties were not involved in the incident”.
The brigade command said that the soldier was on guard duty and did not perform tasks directly near the border with Belarus. It is also emphasized that the military was sent to the border service a week ago.
The military gendarmerie, together with the Bialystok prosecutor’s office, began an investigation into the incident.
From the beginning of 2021, people began to flock to the border of Belarus with Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. The crisis escalated sharply on November 8, after several thousand people approached the Polish border from the Belarusian side. They do not leave the border zone, part of them tried to enter the territory of Poland on November 10, breaking the barbed wire fence.
In connection with the migration crisis on the border with Belarus, the Polish authorities announced the construction of a fence between the two countries. The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, Mariusz Kamiński, said that the length of the structure will be 180 kilometers, and the height – 5.5 meters. According to him, the most modern solutions will be involved in the construction.
“We use a different type of security systems along the Bug River. We are constantly provoked, but our services are well prepared, ”added Kamiński. In addition, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said that currently the border with Belarus is guarded by 13 thousand Polish soldiers, 4.5 thousand border guards and two thousand police officers.
At the same time, Igor Butkevich, First Deputy Chairman of the State Border Committee of Belarus, assessed the number of migrants on the country’s border with Poland.
2000
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He also added that there are citizens of different nationalities and states on the Belarusian-Polish border. Butkevich noted that Minsk, in turn, is trying to provide migrants with firewood, water and other humanitarian aid. According to the official, refugees are trying to get to the territory of the European Union, but for certain reasons they are not allowed.
The situation with migrants in Belarus has caused a wide resonance at the international level. For example, US President Joe Biden said that the American authorities had communicated their concerns about the situation with migrants to Minsk and Moscow. The head of state commented on the situation and answered the question of how he assesses the problem with migrants at the border of Belarus. “This is very worrying. We told Russia that we are concerned. We also conveyed to Belarus that we are concerned, ”the American leader said.
At the same time, Russian President Vladimir Putin, commenting on the causes of the crisis in Belarus, noted that the situation on the Belarusian-Polish border is due to military and economic factors. First, Putin stressed, the problem with migrants at the country’s border is caused by participation in operations in the Middle East. In addition, high social benefits in the countries of the European Union (EU) played an important role in this situation.
“Is it Belarus that is the discoverer of these problems, or what? No, these are the reasons that were created by the Western countries themselves, including European countries, ”the President stressed.
The position of the Russian leader was also supported by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. She criticized Western countries for their unwillingness to help migrants on the border of Poland and Belarus. Zakharova noted that the West first “lured” migrants into its thickets and thickets, and now turns away from them. She stressed that it is necessary to collectively organize assistance to migrants, and not to conduct “political conversations”.
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