"Pride and Respect" was the slogan under which a demonstration of solidarity with Polish soldiers, border guards, and policemen guarding the border in the East was held today at Piłsudski Square in Warsaw. - We not only thank and pay tribute but also respond to the attack. We explain that defending the homeland is an honour and duty," said Tomasz Sakiewicz, editor-in-chief of "GP".
Yesterday there was another escalation of tension on the Polish-Belarusian border. The migrants, encouraged and supplied by Belarusian regime officials, threw stones, logs of wood, and grenades at Polish policemen, soldiers, and border guards. Water cannons were used against the most aggressive people. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the leader of the Belarusian opposition, published another recording. It shows Belarusian soldiers leading a group of migrants.
The former head of Germany's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) Hans-Georg Maassen speaks about the tough situation Poland finds itself in concerning the defence of its eastern border. "We have known since 2015 that EU external border protection does not work. The EU must help Poland to protect its external border, including building the necessary facilities. It seems to me that Poland is currently being left on its own, just as it was with Hungary years ago," he assessed in an interview with the Polish Press Agency.
Belarus cuts oil shipments to Poland and Germany! "Due to unplanned maintenance works on the Unecha-Mozyr section of the pipeline in Belarus, oil pumping to Poland and Germany will be reduced until Thursday morning," PERN reported.
Packed migrants gathered at the Bruzgi border crossing on the Belarusian side left the campsite. So far, it's not clear where they're being directed. - We see that some of the group is taking logs of wood with them," Lieutenant Anna Michalska, a spokeswoman for the Border Guard, said at a press conference.
The night on the Polish-Belarusian border was not peaceful. - Public attention was focused on Kuźnica, however, on other border sections there were also attempts to enter the territory of Poland by smaller groups of migrants, the head of MON Mariusz Błaszczak said today.
Yesterday, officers foiled an attempt to force the Polish border near Czeremcha by about 50 people. Belarusian services joined the aggressive group and used a laser. Foreigners threw stones in the direction of Polish services - such information was provided by the Border Guard on Twitter. Another aggressive group was attacking in Dubicze Cerkiewne.
- Germany aims to let in migrants and keep them here. The result would be that they would end up in Poland and not in Germany - Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, a member of the European Parliament from the Law and Justice party, said in the program “Dziennikarski poker”.
On Tuesday, Polish forces repelled an assault on the border by migrants. In the evening, Belarusian officers appeared back at the scene. "It all appears to be a prelude to propaganda campaign against Poland," Stanislaw Żaryn wrote on Twitter.
Poland, Lithuania and Latvia accuse the Belarussian regime of manufacturing the humanitarian crisis on the eastern border of the European Union, and the three...
- In today's events at the border 12 officers of the Polish services were injured - 9 police officers, 2 border guards, and one soldier - said Mariusz Ciarka, spokesman for the Chief of Police. Earlier reports said that 7 officers were injured.
Poland, Lithuania and Latvia accuse the Belarussian regime of manufacturing the humanitarian crisis on the eastern border of the European Union, and the three...
After today's attack on the Polish border, migrants from the Bruzgi crossing have moved to the area of the former campsite. - At the moment about 2 thousand foreigners are staying there - informs the Border Guard.
Young, aggressive men throwing stones and stun grenades at Polish forces - this is the reality on the Polish-Belarusian border. Children are also used in the attacks. When one of the thrown stun grenades exploded right next to the police officers, there was a loud sound on the migrants' side... they were screaming “Hurray!”
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- Polish policemen and service officers were attacked today by such objects as in the attached video (stones, rods, metal pipes, stun and tear gas grenades), the Police informed on Twitter. - The attacks were carried out on the Belarusian side by people inspired to do so by the regime's services and their functionaries, it was added.
As every year, on November 15, on the anniversary of the first post-war lecture, the academic community of Wrocław celebrates its holiday. "I am convinced that here, in the academic community, the foundation of a rational, open, and compassionate society is forged," emphasized the Rector of the University of Wrocław, prof. dr hab. Przemysław Wiszewski.
If someone decides on an aggressive action against another country, he cannot be treated as a stray child, but as a criminal, a terrorist - said in TVP Info editor Katarzyna Gójska, commenting on today's situation on the Polish-Belarusian border.
