Poland sends 10,000 soldiers to border with Belarus

Polish Deputy Interior Minister Maciej Wonsik has said that more than 10,000 soldiers are on the Polish-Belarus border.

“The situation has become calmer on the Polish-Belarusian border,” he noted, Kommersant reports.

“We have greatly strengthened the border security. Besides the fence we built, which is of great importance, there are 10,000 soldiers there: 6,000 of them are in the camp and 4,000 are directly on the border. Moreover, there are 5,000 border guards and almost 1,000 police officers,” Wonsik said.

The Polish deputy interior minister also noted that “the pressure on the border has really decreased”.

“However, this does not mean that something cannot happen. Our patrols are often pelted with stones and sticks,” he said.