Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced on Wednesday that Poland will additional fortify its border with Belarus following an incident the place a Polish soldier was injured by a migrant.
“We are going to defend our border with all obtainable means,” Donald Tusk mentioned after the assault occurred. On Could 28, the Polish Border Guard confirmed an officer had been stabbed by a migrant on the Polish border with Belarus. A press release from the border guards mentioned that the soldier was attacked with a knife hooked up to an extended device. It additionally contains data that the migrants “behaved aggressively,” additionally injuring an officer offering medical help.
Tusk’s declaration follows the revealing of Poland’s Shield East program, a safety plan meant to defend NATO’s japanese flank as tensions proceed to escalate within the area. Poland seeks to take a position PLN 10 billion to extend safety towards attainable threats coming from Belarus and Russia. As described by the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, this plan contains 4 dimensions: geopolitical safety, European air defence, inside safety and a safe border.
The Border Guard of Poland describes aggressions from migrants on the Polish-Belarus border as a typical incidence. Prime Minister Tusk blamed Belarus and Russia for the elevated flux of migrants attempting to cross the border to Poland, which the prime minister described as a hybrid assault aimed toward destabilizing Europe.
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