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\n July 24, BPN<\/span>.<\/b> The Polish army will organize a sapper battalion in August\u00f3w to secure NATO\u2019s eastern flank, Defense Minister Mariusz B\u0142aszczak tweeted<\/a> on July 23. It will be part of the 1st Infantry Division.\n<\/p>\n

\n\t The unit is being established from scratch and more units may be set up later, he added.\n<\/p>\n

\n\t August\u00f3w is located in the area known as the Suwa\u0142ki Gap, a narrow section of Polish and Lithuanian territories separating Belarus from Russia’s exclave of Kaliningrad. Its potential occupation may cut off the land link between the Baltic countries and the European Union allowing Russia to quickly transfer arms and military equipment to Kaliningrad.\n<\/p>\n

\n\t Earlier, Polish President Andrzej Duda urged NATO to pay more attention to the Suwa\u0142ki Gap potentially exposed to hybrid attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

July 24, BPN. The Polish army will organize a sapper battalion in August\u00f3w to secure NATO\u2019s eastern flank, Defense Minister Mariusz B\u0142aszczak tweeted on July 23. It will be part of the 1st Infantry Division. The unit is being established from scratch and more units may be set up later, he added. August\u00f3w is located […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-47720","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPoland sets up sapper battalion near Belarus border | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 24, BPN. 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