The masked group 'had slingshots and flashlights with which they blinded patrols,' Poland's border guard said.
member Poland's border guards, Polish authorities have said, as tensions between the two neighboring countries show few signs of abating.
A group of seven people donning Belarusian uniforms"with masked faces" threw stones at Polish patrols around the north-eastern Polish border town of Dubicze Cerkiewne on Saturday, the country's Border Guard said on Sunday. The masked group"had slingshots and flashlights with which they blinded patrols" at around 9 p.m., staying on the Belarusian side of the border, the Border Guard added. A"special vehicle" arrived at the location, and no one was injured, the Border Guard said.In recent months, tensions between Warsaw and Minsk have skyrocketed, stoked by the presence of Wagner mercenaries in Russian-aligned Belarus following the aborted mercenary mutiny in late June.
Polish soldiers construct a barbed wire fence on the border with Belarus in Zubrzyca Wielka near Bialystok, eastern Poland on August 26, 2021. Masked assailants in Belarusian uniforms used slingshots and threw stones at NATO member Poland's border guards, Polish authorities have said.In early September, Belarus accused Poland, which is one of Ukraine's most vocal supporters, of, which Warsaw denied.
Poland said in mid-August it would move more than 10,000 troops to the border with Belarus, with around 4,000 of this number providing direct support for the border guardsok.godz.21 grupa 7 os.w mundurach🇧🇾z zamaskowanymi twarzami,znajdująca się po str.🇧🇾rzucała kamieniami w patrole🇵🇱
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