{"id":88012,"date":"2024-05-30T12:51:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T09:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/88012\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"russia-belarus-plotting-false-flag-operations-against-poland-opposition-politician","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/88012\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia, Belarus plotting false-flag operations against Poland \u2013 opposition politician"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/latushko_PAP_1128_20240529.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/latushko_PAP_1128_20240529.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/latushko_PAP_1128_20240529-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/latushko_PAP_1128_20240529-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/latushko_PAP_1128_20240529-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/latushko_PAP_1128_20240529-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(PAP screengrab)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 30, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarus&#8217; and Russia&#8217;s secret services are conducting a joint operation against Poland code-named \u201cThe Tide,\u201d Belarusian opposition politician Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka told <em>PAP<\/em> yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, dozens of fighters from Afghanistan were trained at a special border guards&#8217; base in Belarus to infiltrate the European Union, \u0141atu\u0161ka said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tide also involves training of the Russian and Belarusian intelligence officers, including snipers. They are supposed to cross into the EU and stage provocations against Belarus by shooting at Belarusian border guards or soldiers, the politician added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chief of the Hrodna branch of the Committee for State Security (KGB) is in charge of this part of the operation and reports personally to Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and KGB chief Ivan Tertel, according to \u0141atu\u0161ka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The politician recalled that two days ago a Polish soldier was seriously wounded after being stabbed by a foreigner who tried to cross into Poland from Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That attack was \u201cnot an isolated provocation, but part of a broader hybrid war,\u201d on orders from the Kremlin which tasked the Belarusian ruler with &#8220;destabilizing the border and humiliating Poland,\u201d \u0141atu\u0161ka noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tension at the Belarusian-Polish border has been rising this spring, with record numbers of illegal border crossings by third-country foreigners reported by border guards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk sent reinforcements to protect the shared border with Belarus.<\/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\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Illegal Belarus-EU border crossings exceed 7,000 this month<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 29, Pozirk. The European Union has not allowed at least 7,083 migrants to enter illegally from Belarus since the start of May, almost 12 percent more than in April, says Pozirk&#039;s analysis of border guards&#039; data. In the first &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/87793\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 30, Pozirk. Belarus&#8217; and Russia&#8217;s secret services are conducting a joint operation against Poland code-named \u201cThe Tide,\u201d Belarusian opposition politician Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka told PAP yesterday. Earlier this year, dozens of fighters from Afghanistan were trained at a special border guards&#8217; base in Belarus to infiltrate the European Union, \u0141atu\u0161ka said. 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