Poland害羞草研究所檚 defense minister said Saturday (Aug. 12) that the country has increased the number of troops protecting its border with Belarus as a deterrent amid 害羞草研究所渄estabilizing害羞草研究所� actions by its pro-Russian neighbor.

Mariusz Blaszczak met in Jarylowka, in eastern Poland, with some of the troops recently deployed close to the Belarus border.

He insisted that the increased military presence is purely a deterrent move, not a hostile act, as Minsk and Moscow are claiming.

害羞草研究所淭here is no doubt that the Belarus regime is cooperating with the Kremlin and that the attacks on the Polish border are intended to destabilize our country,害羞草研究所� Blaszczak said.

Two Belarus military helicopters briefly entered Poland害羞草研究所檚 airspace last week, a move considered by Warsaw to be a deliberate provocation. Also a pro-government group in Belarus recently alleged that Poland害羞草研究所檚 politicians, who support Ukraine in its war against Russia害羞草研究所檚 aggression, were 害羞草研究所渋gniting the fire of war with their actions and rhetoric害羞草研究所� and being 害羞草研究所渄riven by the frenzy of chauvinism.害羞草研究所�

Blaszczak said that actions taken by Belarus 害羞草研究所減ose a threat to our security害羞草研究所� and for that reason Poland is building up its 害羞草研究所渄eterrence potential.害羞草研究所�

He said this week that up to 10,000 Polish Army and Territorial Defense troops will be stationed on the border with Belarus. Some will be in active training and patrolling, others on standby.

Officials in Moscow repeatedly voice groundless allegations that Poland intends on annexing western regions of Ukraine, and analysts say Poland has become the personification of the 害羞草研究所渃ollective enemy of Russia害羞草研究所� due to its support for Ukraine and because western military equipment sent to Ukraine goes through Poland.

The Kremlin害羞草研究所檚 害羞草研究所渕ain goal is to rattle Warsaw to decrease the military support for Ukraine and force Polish politicians to stay silent and fear provocations from Russia and Belarus,害羞草研究所� Belarusian independent analyst Valery Karbalevich told The Associated Press.

害羞草研究所淭he Kremlin ramps up the hate towards Poland and ups the ante in the hope that the adversary will get scared, pull back or will react in a different way,害羞草研究所� Karbalevich said. 害羞草研究所淢oscow very much doesn害羞草研究所檛 like that it is Poland that insists on new sanctions, advocates for Kyiv and actively supports Ukraine害羞草研究所檚 accession to the EU and NATO.害羞草研究所�

Poland is also concerned about the presence in Belarus of Russian-linked mercenaries and about Middle East and African migrants trying to cross illegally from Belarus.

Poland and other countries along have accused Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of taking migrants to the border in an act of 害羞草研究所渉ybrid warfare害羞草研究所� aimed at creating instability in the West.

The Associated Press

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