Over a two-day period, more than 250 illegal migrants from Africa and the Middle East attempted to storm the Polish border from Belarus, with over 600 attempts recorded. Polish riot police and the Army managed to push them back into Belarus. The migrants exhibited aggressive behavior, including throwing branches and stones at border guards and using gas against them. Russia and Belarus are accused of using weaponized migration as a form of hybrid warfare. In related statements, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko commented on the heavily fortified and mined Ukrainian border, with 120,000 Ukrainian troops stationed there, making it inaccessible and explaining why Belarus has not entered the war against Ukraine.
🥵 Lukashenko reveals why Belarus is not fighting against Ukraine directly https://t.co/gdw6niyVVQ
Lukashenka: 120,000 Ukrainian troops protect the border from Belarus, and it is “inaccessible” Belarusian president said Belarus won’t attack Ukraine because the Ukrainian border is heavily fortified and mined with 120,000 troops stationed along it. https://t.co/TtZ8hbTDo9
❗️ In #Poland, more than 600 attempts to illegally cross the border from #Belarus were recorded in two days The migrants behaved aggressively, throwing branches and stones at border guards and using gas against them. https://t.co/J5nW8HXMqq
🤔🛡️ "Belarus is not entering the war against Ukraine because the border is barricaded so that we cannot get there", - Lukashenko ❗️"The Ukrainian border is completely mined and concreted. 120,000 Ukrainian troops stationed there", he added. https://t.co/YniudsGJcR
BREAKING: More than 250 illegal migrants from Africa and the Middle East tried to storm the Polish border from Belarus today. Polish riot police and the Army managed to push them back into Belarus Russia & Belarus are using weaponized migration as a form of hybrid warfare 🇵🇱 https://t.co/NGkOKVfRhq