{"id":153948,"date":"2025-09-05T12:07:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T09:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/153948\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"polish-retired-general-warns-belarus-waging-hybrid-war-against-poland","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/153948\/","title":{"rendered":"Polish retired general warns Belarus waging “hybrid war” against Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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September 5, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Minsk’s sponsoring of illegal migration via Belarus into Poland, along with drone incursions and other actions, can be described as \u201ca form of war,\u201d retired General Jaros\u0142aw Gromadzi\u0144ski, in charge of Academy Defence 24, told the economic forum in Poland’s Karpacz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He stressed the need to protect cyberspace, as Belarusian security forces hack Polish soldiers’ phones along the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hybrid warfare shapes the environment in which soldiers operate and centers on spreading disinformation that targets local communities, the military, and government institutions, said Gromadzi\u0144ski, who commanded Polish Armed Forces units that guarded borders at the start of the 2021 migration crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The flow of people desperate to cross to the European Union via Belarus surged in spring 2021 after Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, angered by EU sanctions, had indicated that Minsk would not prevent asylum seekers from Africa and Asia from using Belarus as a route to the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus\u2019 western neighbors call the migration crisis a \u201chybrid attack\u201d orchestrated by Minsk and Moscow and have thwarted at least 34,470 irregular crossings since January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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