{"id":124411,"date":"2025-01-31T15:19:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T12:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/124411\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"polish-defense-official-warns-of-increased-belarusian-provocation-ahead-of-election","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/124411\/","title":{"rendered":"Polish defense official warns of threats from Belarus ahead of election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>January 31, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Pawe\u0142 Zalewski, secretary of state at the Polish Ministry of Defense, has told the <em>RMF24<\/em> radio station that Belarus may ratchet up pressure on Poland in the run-up to the May 18 presidential election in his country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus has been making an effort to sow discord in Poland, test the work of its services and interfere in political processes for several years, he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;However, it is more difficult to cross our border today. The army is also better prepared,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pochobut_sb_by-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pochobut_sb_by-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pochobut_sb_by-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pochobut_sb_by-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pochobut_sb_by-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pochobut_sb_by.jpg 924w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">\u0141uka\u0161enka urges Poland to lift sanctions, says soldier\u2019s murder and Poczobut\u2019s detention are trifles<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">January 26,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has appealed to Poland to lift sanctions and cooperate. \u201cThe soldier you killed there or your people killed, Paczobuts and other problems are trifles that we can always solve,\u201d he said at a news conference on January &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/123549\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 31, Pozirk. Pawe\u0142 Zalewski, secretary of state at the Polish Ministry of Defense, has told the RMF24 radio station that Belarus may ratchet up pressure on Poland in the run-up to the May 18 presidential election in his country. Belarus has been making an effort to sow discord in Poland, test the work of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":58217,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-124411","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Polish defense official warns of threats from Belarus ahead of election | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 31, Pozirk. 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