Poland, Lithuania and Latvia could jointly decide to close the borders with Belarus in case of serious incidents with the Wagner group along their borders with that country, the Polish Ministry of the Interior announced yesterday.
Poland decided on July 19 to move military units to the east after Wagner mercenaries began training Belarusian special forces a few kilometers from its border. Two days later, the president Vladimir Putin accused Poland of territorial ambitions in the former Soviet Union, and said that aggression against Belarus would be considered an attack on Russia.
"If there are serious incidents with the Wagner group on the borders of NATO and EU members, such as Poland, Lithuania or Latvia, we will undoubtedly take action together," the minister said. Mariusz Kaminski.
"I do not rule out that, if we conclude that this is the right answer, we will completely isolate Belarus".
Poland, which denies any territorial ambitions in Belarus, is an important haven for opponents of the Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko, and Warsaw has become one of the strongest supporters of Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion.
Road traffic between Poland and Belarus has been significantly reduced since February due to worsening relations between the two countries.
Poland has also accused Belarus of artificially creating a migrant crisis at the border by bringing in people from the Middle East and Africa and trying to push them across the border. Belarus has repeatedly denied this.
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