(Dan Tri) – Polish officials warn that any Wagner fighters who cross the Belarusian border will be responded to by Polish and US military forces.
Wagner warrior in Bakhmut, Ukraine (Photo: Sputnik).
`No one in Poland rules out the possibility that, to test NATO, to test the alliance’s solidarity with Poland, with Eastern Europe, they (Wagner) could try to enter Poland,` Michal Kaminski,
Mr. Kaminski said that the scenario in which Wagner sent troops into Poland would be considered `a terrorist activity, not a comprehensive invasion.`
However, he is confident that NATO can handle this threat easily.
`I want to reiterate that we have American soldiers and officers in Poland. Let Wagner enter. They will have to face not only Polish defense forces but also American ones,` Mr. Kaminsky said,
Poland is a member of NATO and shares borders with Ukraine and Belarus.
More than 10 Wagner convoys moved from Russia to an abandoned base in Belarus, near the Polish border.
According to satellite photos, there are about 300 tents and 200 military vehicles believed to belong to Wagner at a base in Tsel, Belarus.
Worried about a Wagner `invasion`, the Polish government announced a nearly doubling of the size of the army, from 172,000 to 300,000 troops.
Poland’s location borders Ukraine and Belarus (Photo: NYT).
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki warned over the weekend that Russian private military forces in Belarus may be planning a `hybrid attack` on Poland after the force suddenly sent more than 100
The Suwalki Corridor is a Polish location, about 65km long, running along the Lithuania – Poland border.
Suwałki is considered a `dead spot` of NATO, because one end borders the Kaliningrad region, Russia’s territory in the Baltic region, while the other end borders Belarus, an ally of Moscow.
In response to Western countries’ concerns about Wagner’s presence in Belarus, the British Ministry of Defense’s intelligence agency assessed over the weekend that Wagner could not currently pose any significant threat to Poland or its members.
