According to the Polish Ministry of Defense, armed officers of Belarusian services are gathering near the border crossing in Kuźnica. This area is the main concentration point of migrants from the Middle East on the Belarusian side.
“More and more armed officers of the Belarusian services are arriving at the Kuźnica region,” the Polish Defense Ministry reports on Twitter, publishing a video showing a group of uniformed people moving in the border region.
W rejon Kuźnicy przybywa coraz więcej uzbrojonych funkcjonariuszy białoruskich służb pic.twitter.com/1Bq1VoWWQo
— Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej ?? (@MON_GOV_PL) November 13, 2021
According to independent Belarusian journalist Tadeusz Gichan, these may be soldiers of the 5th Spetsnaz Brigade.
More Belarusian troops arriving at Kuznica. Hard to tell for sure, but looks like the 5th Spetsnaz Brigade to me. pic.twitter.com/Lgk7facH6h
— Tadeusz Giczan (@TadeuszGiczan) November 13, 2021
The area around the Kuźnica-Bruzgi border crossing is the region with the highest concentration of migrants from the Middle East. They were brought there during Monday’s action of directing them to the border from Minsk and other cities of Belarus.
For several days, the Kuźnica crossing area has been the scene of border incidents involving migrants. On Friday, Belarusian services were observed providing nomadic people with equipment and materials to build temporary buildings, as well as other equipment, also used in acts of destruction of fortifications on the Polish-Belarusian border.
The migrants crossed the Kuźnica-Bruzgi border crossing on the Belarusian side in the morning hours on Friday. They were detained by Polish services.