{"id":53329,"date":"2023-12-05T03:16:24","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T00:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=53329"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"warsaw-deploys-combat-engineer-battalion-to-strategic-area-near-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/53329\/","title":{"rendered":"Warsaw deploys combat engineer battalion to strategic area near Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1741\" height=\"1147\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blaszczak_minoborony_Polska.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blaszczak_minoborony_Polska.jpg 1741w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blaszczak_minoborony_Polska-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blaszczak_minoborony_Polska-1024x675.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blaszczak_minoborony_Polska-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blaszczak_minoborony_Polska-1536x1012.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1741px) 100vw, 1741px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Mariusz B\u0142aszczak and combat engineers in August\u00f3w\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(The Polish Ministry of National Defense)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 5, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Warsaw has deployed a separate combat engineer battalion near the border with Belarus close by the Suwa\u0142ki Gap, a narrow section of Polish and Lithuanian territories separating Belarus from Russia&#8217;s exclave of Kaliningrad.<br><br>The battalion is stationed in the town of August\u00f3w, Podlaskie Voivodeship, the Polish defense ministry said on Twitter yesterday. It is expected to raise the defense potential of Poland&#8217;s northeast.<br><br>Polish Defense Minister Mariusz B\u0142aszczak met with the soldiers on their first day of duty and said that the unit&#8217;s location is not accidental.<br><br>The battalion has been created to prevent a new August\u00f3w roundup, <em>radio.bialystok.pl<\/em> quoted him as saying.<br><br>The August\u00f3w roundup was a military operation conducted in July 1945 by the Red Army, the NKVD, and the pro-Soviet LWP units to destroy anti-communist Polish underground fighters in August\u00f3w and Suwa\u0142ki. Thousands were arrested and more than 500 disappeared.<br><br>On November 12, a tank battalion of the 1st Legions Infantry Divi\u00adsion began its service in Czartajew, Podlaskie Voivodeship, about 30 km outside Belarus. B\u0142aszczak, who visited the battalion, announced that the unit will have South Korean K2 tanks.<br><br>On October 24, <em>Vecherniy Minsk<\/em> published excerpts from a speech by Pavie\u0142 Muraviejka, deputy head of the Belaru\u00adsian Secu\u00adri\u00adty Coun\u00adcil. Muraviej\u00adka said that Belarus has every reason to cut a &#8220;vital cor\u00adri\u00addor&#8221; through the Suwa\u0142ki Gap &#8220;by force of arms&#8221; because &#8220;Lithua\u00adnia has vir\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly banned us from mov\u00ading our goods across the bor\u00adder.&#8221;<br><br>&#8220;Accord\u00ading to inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal law, this step con\u00adsti\u00adtutes eco\u00adnom\u00adic aggres\u00adsion,&#8221; the security official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In oth\u00ader cir\u00adcum\u00adstances no one in the world would condemn us. But not today, when the West is putting unprece\u00addent\u00aded pres\u00adsure on our coun\u00adtry,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 5, Pozirk. Warsaw has deployed a separate combat engineer battalion near the border with Belarus close by the Suwa\u0142ki Gap, a narrow section of Polish and Lithuanian territories separating Belarus from Russia&#8217;s exclave of Kaliningrad. The battalion is stationed in the town of August\u00f3w, Podlaskie Voivodeship, the Polish defense ministry said on Twitter yesterday. 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