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The soldier had been deployed to the border just about a week ago, Poland’s 17th Wielkopolska Mechanized Brigade said in a statement. According to a preliminary report, his weapon accidentally fired and no third parties were involved in the incident. The deceased soldier also never came in contact with migrants during …

One soldier had reportedly tried to save the other until the last moment with the help of his reserve parachute, the ministry added, but the system did not have time to perform due to the low altitude.  The incident unfolded during a simulated airborne operation near the Belarusian city of Grodno. …

On Friday, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak issued a statement confirming that the two NATO member states would work together in an effort to prevent migrants from crossing over. “Reconnaissance has begun ahead of the support from British engineering troops,” he wrote on Twitter. “Our soldiers will co-operate in strengthening …

Grenell, who was Trump’s acting director of national intelligence and special envoy for Serbia-Kosovo talks, held a press conference on Thursday at Merdare, a “border crossing” between the Balkans state and its renegade province. Kosovo, which was occupied by NATO after the 1999 air war, declared independence in 2008 with …

Putin told Merkel on Thursday that the European Union should resolve the migrant stalemate at the Polish-Belarus frontier in accordance with “international humanitarian law.” This is the second time the Russian president and the caretaker German chancellor have talked on the phone in the past two days. DETAILS TO FOLLOW

Speaking to French media outlet BFMTV on Thursday, European Affairs minister Clément Beaune blasted the Belarusian government for launching a “migratory attack” that was designed to “destabilize the European Union.” Despite concerns about the migrant crisis on the EU-Belarus border, Beaune rejected claims that Russia was involved or behind the …

Speaking at a meeting of ministers in Minsk on Thursday, Lukashenko “noted that a dangerous pattern has emerged whereby there are attempts to transfer weapons and ammunition to migrant encampments on the border with Poland to provoke a conflict,” an official statement reads. According to the Belarusian leader, the guns, which …

The bold idea was floated on Wednesday by Nils Schmid, the foreign affairs spokesperson for the Social Democrats (SPD) – a political force that garnered the most votes in the September general election and is expected to lead Germany’s new coalition government. Poland should let in the would-be asylum seekers …

Speaking before the European Parliament on Wednesday, the UN high commissioner for refugees, Filippo Grandi, said the bloc must set an example on how to handle migration, slamming the “xenophobic discourse” on show by some of its members. “These challenges simply do not justify the knee-jerk reaction we have seen …

Speaking on Wednesday, Merkel’s spokesperson told the media that the outgoing German leader had held discussions with Putin about the Belarus border crisis.   According to the spokesperson, Merkel said that Minsk’s “instrumentalization of migrants” was inhumane and called on the Russian president to press Belarus’ Alexander Lukashenko on the matter.  …