Poland says no military threat at border with Belarus

Poland says no military threat at border with Belarus
Polish servicemen guard an area of the Belarus/Poland border (Leonid Shcheglov/BelTA via AP)

Poland’s president said there was “no military threat” at the European Union’s border with Belarus, where thousands of migrants watched over by Belarusian forces are pressing to cross into the bloc and where Poland has deployed troops in rear areas.

President Andrzej Duda said Poland was primarily using civilian police and border guards to meet its obligation to protect the EU’s eastern border from the pressure of “illegal migration”.

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