Poland from February 10 closes the border crossing " This was announced by the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic Mariusz Kaminski. This step was taken for security reasons..

“Taking into account the interests of national security, I have decided to suspend traffic at the Polish-Belarusian border crossing in Bobrovniki from 12:00 on February 10 this year until further notice,” he wrote..

Z uwagi on wazny interes bezpieczenstwa panstwa zdecydowalem o zawieszeniu in odwolania od 10 lutego br. od godz. 12:00 ruchu in Polish-Bio-Russian przejsciu granicznym w Bobrownikach.

– Mariusz Kaminski (@Kaminski_M_) Feb 29, 2023.

After the crossing is closed, it will be possible to get from Grodno to Poland only through Brest or Lithuania.

Due to the migration crisis of 2021, the Bruzgi – Kuznitsa crossing was closed. With the closure of Bobrovniki, two active checkpoints remain: Terespol-Brest and Kozlovichi-Kukuriki.

In addition, the minister announced the introduction of new sanctions against citizens of Belarus associated with the Lukashenka regime.. The reason was the decision of the Grodno Regional Court, which sentenced the journalist of the international public television channel of Poland, Andrzej Poczobut, to eight years in prison..

“I instructed to prepare applications for inclusion in the list of sanctions for the next persons associated with the regime of Alexander Lukashenko, responsible for the repressions against the Poles in Belarus,” Kaminsky said..

W zwiazku z uchwala Sejmu RP w sprawie Andrzeja Poczobuta polecilem podleglym mi sluzbom przygotowanie wnioskow o wpisanie in the section sankcyjna kolejnych osob zwiazanych z rezimem Lukaszenki odpowie.

– Mariusz Kaminski (@Kaminski_M_) Feb 29, 2023.

The Polish Foreign Ministry issued a statement calling the court's decision on Poczobut unfair and calling for the release of the journalist.

As reported, last year Poland began building a fence with barbed wire on the border with Belarus.. The wall, 5.5 meters high and 186 kilometers long, will cost the country 353 million. Euro. Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski previously reported that the fortification would consist of several lines of defense and be equipped with modern electronic devices, in particular, motion sensors and day and night vision cameras.. Rolls of barbed wire will be fixed at the top.