{"id":156189,"date":"2025-09-18T19:21:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/156189\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"polish-interior-minister-concerned-about-russian-drone-activity-near-poland","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/156189\/","title":{"rendered":"Polish interior minister concerned about Russian drone activity near Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 18, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Border guards overnight observed increased activity of Belarusian and Russian drones that tried to violate Polish airspace, Interior Minister Marcin Kierwi\u0144ski has told reporters in Warsaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted extreme tension at the Polish-Belarusian border, according to <em>Wiadomosci.pl<\/em>, following the incursion of 19 drones into Poland on September 10, some of which overflew Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poland closed its border with Belarus on September 12 citing the Belarusian-Russian military exercise Zapad-2025, held on September 12-16, and tensions over the arrest of Polish Carmelite monk Grzegorz Gawe\u0142 in Lepiel, Viciebsk region, on suspicion of spying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk had described the military maneuvers as \u201caggressive,\u201d noting that the synapsis focused on the vulnerable Suwa\u0142ki Gap between Lithuania and Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Warsaw will open the frontier \u201cif we receive information from that security is getting back to normal,\u201d Kierwi\u0144ski 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\/2025\/03\/straz-graniczna-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/straz-graniczna-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/straz-graniczna-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/straz-graniczna-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/straz-graniczna-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/straz-graniczna.jpg 1127w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Poland seeks China\u2019s involvement in Belarus border closure crisis<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 18, Pozirk. Polish Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski confirmed to journalists that the closure of Poland\u2019s border with Belarus was a key topic during his September 15 meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Sikorski linked any potential reopening of &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/156120\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 18, Pozirk. Border guards overnight observed increased activity of Belarusian and Russian drones that tried to violate Polish airspace, Interior Minister Marcin Kierwi\u0144ski has told reporters in Warsaw. He noted extreme tension at the Polish-Belarusian border, according to Wiadomosci.pl, following the incursion of 19 drones into Poland on September 10, some of which overflew [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":92161,"template":"","rubric":[14,30],"class_list":["post-156189","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 interior minister concerned about Russian drone activity near Poland | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 18, Pozirk. 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