2023-09-01 19:10:09
A Polish military helicopter crossed the Belarusian border illegally, according to the authorities in Minsk. Poland denies violating Belarusian airspace.
Belarus on Friday summoned the representative in Minsk of Poland, a NATO member country, following having denounced the “unacceptable” violation of its airspace by a military helicopter in the followingnoon.
“Belarusian diplomats drew the attention of the Polish side to the inadmissibility of this violation and urged Warsaw to take steps to rule out such incidents in the future,” the Foreign Ministry said. “Poland’s charge d’affaires in Belarus has been summoned to the ministry,” it said. he added in a statement.
Belarusian border guards claimed on Telegram, video in support, that a “Polish Mi-24 military helicopter crossed the state border at very low altitude at a depth of 1,200 meters before returning”.
Poland denies
Poland has denied that any of its military helicopters violated Belarusian airspace. “These are lies and provocations on the part of Belarus. There have been no such violations,” Jacek Goryszewski, spokesman for the operational command of the Polish armed forces, told AFP.
Expulsion from the Wagner Group
Monday, Warsaw and the Baltic States had demanded that Belarus “immediately expel” the Wagner group from its territorywhich they see as a threat to their own security.
Sign of the quarrel, Poland and Lithuania have erected fences along their borders with Belarus and Warsaw plans to deploy up to 10,000 soldiers there.
Lithuania, on August 18, closed two of the six border crossings with its pro-Russian neighbor in reaction to Wagner’s presence.
Thousands of Wagner fighters had traveled to Belarus following their abortive rebellion in Russia in June. In particular, they participated in the training of local soldiers, with Minsk’s agreement.
After the recent death of Wagner’s boss in a plane crash, Lukashenko said he wanted to keep up to 10,000 of the group’s fighters in his country.
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