Poland sends assault helicopters to frame over main alert of full invasion

Poland has despatched assault helicopters on full alert to the Belarus border in case of a attainable border intrusion.

It comes after the Prime Minister of Poland met with the Lithuanian President on the NATO border with Belarus earlier right now in a present of pressure towards the Wagner Group.

Mercenaries from Yevgeny Prigozhin’s militia are stationed on the border with Poland, creating an “extremely dangerous” scenario on NATO’s japanese flank.

Roughly 100 mercenaries are on the Polish are on the Sulwalki Gap, a small stretch of NATO territory bordering Russia, the place the japanese European leaders met in solidarity right now.

Polish helicopters have been moved to Podlaskie Voivodeship, the place they’re prepared for a direct response.

Talking in regards to the pilots, Marek Sokolowski, deputy commander of the Polish Armed Forces, stated: “They are very experienced. If something disturbing happens, they will not hesitate to use weapons.”

Polish defence officers have additionally stated Poland may also ship Bystra radar stations to the border. Head of Poland’s defence ministry, Mariusz Blaszczak stated the radars “will significantly strengthen anti-aircraft and anti-missile operations”.

Prime Minister Morawiecki stated in a news convention alongside Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda: “The Wagner group is extremely dangerous and the units of this group are deployed to NATO’s eastern flank to destabilize it.”

Nauseda warned that any assault from Wagner can be thought-about an assault by Russia.

Poland has additionally accused Belarus of violating its airspace and can deploy extra troops to the border. Warsaw claims two Lukashenko choppers violated their airspace amid coaching workouts on Tuesday.

Minsk instructed Poland in regards to the train however the border was crossed within the japanese Bialowieza area at a “very low altitude, making detection by radar systems difficult,” based on the Polish defence ministry.

The accusations have been dubbed “far-fetched” by Belarusian defence officers on Telegram.

“The accusations of violating the border of Poland by the Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopters of the Belarusian Air Force and Air Defense Forces are far-fetched and were made by the Polish military-political leadership to justify the build-up of forces and means near the Belarusian border,” stated the Belarusian defence ministry.