Poland Sends Troops to Belarus Border After Airspace Breach
- Warsaw summons Belarus’s envoy to protest the incident
- Tensions have grown since Wagner fighters arrived in Belarus
A border guard patrols along the Polish - Belarus border.
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Poland will send more troops to protect its border with Belarus and has summoned the country’s envoy in Warsaw to protest what it described as the violation of its airspace by two Belarusian helicopters on Tuesday.
The Foreign Ministry called on Belarus to “immediately and in detail” explain the incident, which it said was an element of the escalation of border tensions between the two countries. “Poland expects Belarus to refrain from such activities,” according to a statement.