Veteran leader Alexander Lukashenko made his first comments regarding the ongoing border crisis in an interview with the editor-in-chief of the Russian magazine ‘Natsionalnaya Oborona’ (National Defense), Igor Korotchenko, on Tuesday. The already tense situation on the Belarus-Poland border had deteriorated even further the day before, when a large group …
Read More »Putin is directing Belarus in ‘staged’ migrant crisis on border, Polish PM claims
The Polish prime minister pointed the finger at Russia during an extraordinary session of the country’s parliament, convened to assess the ongoing crisis on Tuesday. The border standoff, where thousands of illegal migrants are facing Polish police and military, has been staged deliberately, he claimed. The migrants, who are not …
Read More »Belarus summons Poland’s military attache over migrant border crisis – Belta
Colonel Jaroslaw Kembrowski, the military attache of Poland’s embassy in Belarus, was summoned by the defence ministry in Minsk over the border migrant crisis. That’s what the ministry’s press service told Belarusian Belta news agency. An estimated 3,000-4,000 migrants have already gathered at the border on the Belarusian side. Over 10,000 …
Read More »Poland warns of possible ‘armed’ escalation over migrant border crisis
The ongoing migrant crisis at the Belarusian border could devolve into an “armed” escalation, Polish government spokesman Piotr Muller told reporters on Monday. “We expect that there may be an escalation of this type of action on the Polish border in the near future, which will be of an armed …
Read More »Polish guards don’t let migrants on Belarus border sleep – RT reporter on the ground
Some 3,000 migrants from the Middle East and North Africa, who are seeking asylum in the EU, tried to cross from Belarus into Poland on Monday. But after being repelled by Polish security forces, they set up a makeshift camp along the border. “The night wasn’t calm” at the camp …
Read More »Poland and Germany can’t handle migrant crisis on Belarus border alone – German interior minister
“We must help the Polish government secure their external border. This would actually be the task of the European Commission. I’m now appealing to them to take action,” Seehofer told Bild newspaper on Tuesday. Some 3,000 migrants from the Middle East and Africa, who are looking to make it into …
Read More »WATCH: Migrants fell trees to breach Poland-Belarus border fence
“We are dealing with organised destruction of border fortifications,” the Polish prime minister’s office tweeted on Monday afternoon, along with aerial footage of the Poland-Belarus border. “There are also direct attacks on Polish Border Guards officers, police and soldiers.” Hundreds of migrants have camped along the border, seeking to enter …
Read More »Washington blasts Belarus over migrant crisis on Polish border
State Department spokesman Ned Price urged Belarus to stop the alleged encouragement and facilitation of illegal migration. “As long as the regime and Belarus refuses to respect its international obligations and commitments, undermines the peace and security of Europe and continues to repress and abuse people seeking nothing more than …
Read More »Unable to breach Belarus-Poland border, migrants set up camp (VIDEO)
Aerial footage from the frontier showed smoke rising from dozens of campfires and tents popping up in the forest, as lines of Polish police and what looked like the military gathered on the other side. Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak said more than 12,000 soldiers had been deployed to the …
Read More »Explosion destroys cafe near Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea border (VIDEO)
A video published on social media shows the two-storey roadside cafe suddenly disappearing in a massive blast that covered the area with thick smoke. Photos of the aftermath of the incident show the cafe razed to the ground with only rubble remaining in its place and the surrounding area littered with piles of debris. …
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