{"id":77979,"date":"2024-04-05T22:08:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T19:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/77979\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"poland-has-trained-30000-troops-to-protect-border-with-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/77979\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland trained 30,000 troops to secure Belarus border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

April 5, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> More than 30,000 Polish troops have been trained to secure the border with Belarus, Defense Minister W\u0142adys\u0142aw Kosiniak-Kamysz said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus, an ally of Russia in its standoff with the West, was repeatedly accused of orchestrating the migration crisis on its border with Poland and other European Union countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Undoubtedly, this is a mammoth effort by the 18th Division, which from the outset took on the mission of supporting border guards and ensuring border security,” Kosiniak-Kamysz said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March, the minister had announced plans to increase the number of soldiers helping the border guards at the eastern frontier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Polish Border Guard foiled at least 4,110 illegal crossings from Belarus since the beginning of the year. Most of them, 3,438, were stopped last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, the EU countries bordering Belarus have thwarted at least 5,082 such attempts in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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