Fear of war is growing! Poland announces construction of bunkers and trenches

Warsaw (Poland) - "We will not cut back on Poland's security," said Donald Tusk (67) on Saturday during his visit to the border with Belarus. There, the Polish Prime Minister announced that the government had begun strengthening the country's eastern borders. He added that "the resources for this purpose are not limited".

At the beginning of his visit, Tusk expressed his appreciation for the border guards, police and soldiers. "The state and the government are at your side in every situation, here on the border," he said, explaining that Poland is dealing with "an ongoing hybrid war" on the border with Belarus.

For this reason, further security measures are being taken along the entire eastern border, reports the Interia portal.

In addition, pressure from the regime of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (69), the "threat of the Russian-Ukrainian war" and the "uncertain geopolitical situation" are growing, Tusk said.

"We have begun intensive work on a modern fortification that is to be built along Poland's entire eastern border," emphasized the former chairman of the European People's Party. As Poland's eastern border is also the EU 's external border, the entire community of states must invest in the fortification.

Poland already erected a fence more than five meters high and installed an electronic surveillance system on the 418-kilometre-long border with Belarus in the summer of 2022.

In addition, Poland's Minister of Defense, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz (42), recently announced that his country would build bunkers and trenches on the border with Belarus and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad .

Relations between EU and NATO member Poland and authoritarian Belarus have been tense for some time. Poland is one of Ukraine's most important supporters, while Belarus is a close ally of Moscow.

Poland and the EU also accuse Lukashenko of bringing refugees from crisis regions to the EU's external border in an organized manner and then allowing them to enter the EU by cutting barbed wire fences at Belarusian border posts, for example, and driving the refugees to Poland. This is intended to exert pressure on the West.

Recently, tensions between the two countries have been growing because a Polish judge fled to Belarus at the beginning of this week and asked for asylum there.

Because the man had access to secret documents, the Polish public prosecutor's office is now investigating him on suspicion of espionage.

Only a short time later, Polish border guards apprehended a Russian soldier who had deserted not far from the Belarusian border and was said to have been deployed in Ukraine. He had mingled with the migrants in civilian clothes and then crossed the border into Poland with them without permission.