More officials against Wagner mercenaries
Poland is upgrading its border with Belarus
06/29/2023, 10:58 am
Poland expects up to 8,000 Wagner fighters in Belarus. One more reason for the country to secure its eastern border with more personnel and obstacles – in case of an attack.
Because of the planned transfer of Russian Wagner mercenaries to neighboring Belarus, Poland wants to secure its eastern border even more. It is planned to increase the number of uniformed forces stationed there and to increase the number of “different types of obstacles and fortifications to protect our border in the event of an attack,” said Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski after a special session of a government committee for security and security defense issues.
According to Kaczynski, Poland has information that up to 8,000 Wagner fighters could find accommodation in Belarus. The EU and NATO member shares a 418-kilometer border with Belarus. The situation there escalated in late summer and autumn 2021: Thousands of people tried to enter the EU illegally. The European Union accuses the Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko of having brought migrants from crisis regions to the EU’s external border in an organized manner in order to put pressure on the West. Poland has since secured the land sections of the border with a 5.5 meter high fence.
The head of the mercenary force, Yevgeny Prigozhin, had meanwhile occupied the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don on Saturday and then had his fighters march towards Moscow. He surprisingly gave up around 200 kilometers from the Russian capital. Lukashenko mediated in the conflict. Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin assured Prigozhin and his mercenaries of impunity. According to Lukashenko, Prigozhin has now arrived in Belarus. Lukashenko has also offered the fighters of the mercenary force a place in his country.