Poland will deploy more troops at the border with Belarus after it accused Minsk of violating its airspace, raising tensions between the NATO member and a key Kremlin ally
Warsaw said two Belarusian helicopters allegedly violated the Polish airspace during training exercises on Tuesday, which the Belarusian defense ministry vehemently denied and dismissed as “far-fetched.” This came amid increased activity near a thin strip of land between Poland and Lithuania, known as the Suwalki gap or corridor, which troops from the Russian mercenary group Wagner are moving toward in an apparent attempt to increase pressure on NATO and EU members.
Barbara Yoxon, a lecturer in international politics at Lancaster University in northern England, said Warsaw “views Belarus as complicit in the current European security crisis.” Moscow used Belarusian territory to facilitate its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, strengthening ties between Putin and Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko.
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