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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1253157
Archived version: https://archive.ph/p46JR
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230809192017/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/poland-send-2000-troops-reinforce-belarus-border-2023-08-09/
This is the best summary I could come up with:
WARSAW, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Poland will send 2,000 troops to its frontier with Belarus, the deputy interior minister told state-run news agency PAP on Wednesday, twice the number requested by the Border Guard, to stem illegal crossings and maintain stability.
Poland has worried increasingly about the border area since hundreds of battle-hardened Wagner mercenaries arrived in Belarus last month at the invitation of President Alexander Lukashenko.
Belarus started military exercises near the border this week, and Lukashenko said several times that he is restraining Wagner fighters who want to attack Poland.
Poland has also seen an increase in the number of mainly Middle Eastern and African migrants trying to cross the border in recent months.
For the past two years it has accused Belarus of recruiting migrants in poor countries and sending them across the border illegally to foment instability.
Wasik said that all attempts to illegally enter Poland by migrants were now being organised by Belarusian authorities.
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