The Polish Ministry of Defense decided to place 250 Abrams tanks on the border with Belarus.
Poland plans to buy them from the United States, said Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak on the air of "
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According to the agreement concluded between Warsaw and Washington, the United States will deploy 250 combat vehicles, and deliveries will begin in 2022..
Polish border guards today reported on Belarusian soldiers of the Airborne units and special services officers seen on the border with Poland. Some of the soldiers were with sniper rifles.
The border guards on Twitter said that "
Clarifies that they have not been seen at the border before.
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These messages are also confirmed on Twitter by Stanislav Zharin, spokesman for the Minister-Coordinator of the Intelligence Services..
" Some soldiers have, among other things, sniper rifles. The border guards are right - on the border with Poland, soldiers appear from units that are not engaged in border protection, but in combat operations, "
A state of emergency is in effect in the border zone with Belarus since September 2. This belt covers 183 localities located in parts of the Podlaskie and Lubelskie Voivodeships.
The state of emergency was introduced by a decree issued by President Andrzej Duda at the request of the Council of Ministers. It is valid for 30 days.
Earlier it was reported that Russia transferred fourth-generation fighters to Belarus for "
In September, Russia and Belarus will hold a strategic military exercise "
Since 1995, Belarus has hosted two Russian military facilities - the Vileika communications center of the Russian Navy and the Volga radar station..
On September 9, Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko are scheduled to sign a plan for the integration of Russia and Belarus.
Also, the Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko believes that Lithuanian Vilnius and Polish Bialystok are the territory of Belarus..