{"id":1684,"date":"2023-08-09T12:58:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T09:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=1684"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"eu-says-russia-may-use-belarus-for-provocations-at-polish-border","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/1684\/","title":{"rendered":"EU says Russia may use Belarus for provocations at Polish border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 9,&nbsp;<em>BPN<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/strong>The ongoing military drills in Belarus near the Polish border need to be placed in the context of Russia&#8217;s war on Ukraine, Peter Stano, a spokesman for the European Union (EU),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QjEL9OCfVr0&amp;t=1878s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">told<\/a>&nbsp;reporters on August 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not a surprise that . . . the illegitimate [Alaksandar] \u0141uka\u0161enka regime would participate in any kind of provocation if told by Russia,&#8221; he said. Russians are &#8220;trying to flex the muscles, trying to intimidate the neighbors, trying to show that they have capacities to continue with their illegal actions against Ukraine,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement came one day after the start of a command and staff exercise involving the 6th Independent Mechanized Brigade in the Hrodna region, near Belarus&#8217; border with Poland and Lithuania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian defense ministry said that drill focuses on &#8220;unit management\u201d across the battlefield based on Russian experiences in the war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz B\u0142aszczak sent reinforcements to the border with Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The drill is taking place amid military and political tension between Belarus and neighboring EU countries. The Baltic States and Poland are stepping up border security, citing threats associated with the presence of Wagner Group mercenaries in Belarus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 9,&nbsp;BPN.&nbsp;The ongoing military drills in Belarus near the Polish border need to be placed in the context of Russia&#8217;s war on Ukraine, Peter Stano, a spokesman for the European Union (EU),&nbsp;told&nbsp;reporters on August 8. &#8220;It&#8217;s not a surprise that . . . the illegitimate [Alaksandar] \u0141uka\u0161enka regime would participate in any kind of provocation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[30],"class_list":["post-1684","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EU says Russia may use Belarus for provocations at Polish border | 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