VIDEO The situation on the Polish-Belarusian border is deteriorating: the President had to shorten his visit to Slovakia – Topky.sk

According to the AP agency, the videos released by the Belarusian media show how migrants use uprooted trees to get over the fence. The Polish Ministry of the Interior said it had averted an attempt to enter the country illegally and that the situation was already under control. She published a video showing how migrants are trying to cross the barrier with a razor fence and how they throw objects at Polish units lining the fence.

Source: SITA / Leonid Shcheglov / BelTA via AP

According to the AP, it is not possible to independently verify what is happening at the border, because journalists have restrictions on working in Belarus and a state of emergency prevents them from doing so in Poland. According to TASS, the State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus said that the migrants began destroying the fence after Polish forces used non-lethal weapons against them.

Source: SITA / Leonid Shcheglov / BelTA via AP

“In response to the unnecessary use of non-lethal means, some refugees have taken stronger steps and started destroying Polish barriers,” wrote the committee on its account on the Telegram platform.

“Despite the absence of aggressive actions by refugees, the Polish security services used the planes to exert psychological pressure instead of trying to resolve the situation.” the report states that tear gas was sprayed on people seeking protection. According to the PAP agency, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, meanwhile, wrote on the social network on Facebook that “The government is determined and will defend the security of our country and the EU as a whole, respecting our international obligations and, in particular, bearing in mind the state interests and security of Polish soldiers, border guards and citizens.”

Source: SITA / Leonid Shcheglov / BelTA via AP

As a result of this situation, the Prime Minister convened a crisis meeting attended by Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who is also the leader of the Polish Government Law and Justice Party, Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski, Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak, Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau and Head of the National Security Office Pawel Soloch.

Source: SITA / Leonid Shcheglov / BelTA via AP

“The Ministry of Defense is holding an extraordinary meeting of the government’s crisis management with the participation of all Polish services in connection with the crisis caused by the Lukashenko Belarusian regime on the Polish-Belarusian border,” added Morawiecki.

Poland, Lithuania and Latvia accuse the government of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of bringing migrants from the Middle East and Africa and then transporting them across the border to the EU in an effort to destabilize the Union in retaliation for the sanctions imposed by Brussels on Minsk.

President Duda shortened his visit to Slovakia due to the situation on the border

Polish President Andrzej Duda shortened his visit to Slovakia due to the serious situation on the Belarusian-Polish border. Duda will come on an official visit to the Slovak Republic on Tuesday, November 9. He was originally supposed to arrive in Slovakia on Monday. This was reported by the news station of the Polish public radio Polskie Radio 24. The report was confirmed to them by the head of the Polish Office for National Security, Pawel Soloch.

Crazy situation on Belarus- #Poland border: Lukashenko Gov. escorted ~ 1000 Middle Eastern refugees today to Polish border to make forced entry into EU.

They’re now trapped, in frigid temp., With children & military standoff continues: pic.twitter.com/jRB2ASwepC

– Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) November 8, 2021

“President Andrzej Duda has decided to adjust his plans for the coming days. Today (Monday) he was to go to Slovakia, but he decided to shorten this visit,” said Soloch.

Source: SITA / AP Photo / Beata Zawrzal, file

The report on the social network Twitter was also confirmed by the secretary of the president’s office, Jakub Kumoch. “President Andrzej Duda has decided to shorten the planned visit to Slovakia and cancel its first day. The visit is scheduled for tomorrow (Tuesday) and its main point will be to inform the ally of the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border. We are in constant contact with Slovakia.” Kumoch wrote on Twitter.

Andrzej Duda will be welcomed by the President of the Slovak Republic Zuzana Čaputová in Bratislava on Tuesday. During his visit to Slovakia, Duda will also meet with the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic Eduard Heger and the President of the National Council of the Slovak Republic Boris Kollár. TASR was informed about this by the spokesman of the head of state, Martin Strižinec.