(12 Aug 2023)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
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Jaryłówka - 12 August 2023
1. Various of Polish troops at military base
2. SOUNDBITE (Polish) Mariusz Blaszczak, Polish Defense Minister:
"There is no doubt that the Belarus regime is cooperating with the Kremlin and that the attacks on the Polish border are intended to destabilise our country. I am convinced that this action will fail because of the Polish army service and the strengthening of the border."
3. Blaszczak at news briefing
4. SOUNDBITE (Polish) Mariusz Blaszczak, Polish Defence Minister:
"Let's keep this in mind when we hear this Kremlin propaganda, which says that the Polish Army is gathered at the border with Belarus. It is indeed being amassed but to deter an aggressor, to strengthen the borders, to ensure security. This is the way it is and this is the way it will be, despite the various fake news, despite the various disinformation campaigns."
5. Various of service personnel at military base
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Gobiaty - 12 August 2023
6. Various of armed Polish officer patrolling the area
7. Various of anti-tank barriers at a closed railway crossing on the Polish-Belarusian border, the inscription (Russian) "Peace" on the gate
8. Sign with the inscription (Polish) "State border - passage prohibited"
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Jurowlany - 12 August 2023
9. Various of harvester near a metal fence on the Polish border with Belarus
STORYLINE:
Poland’s defence minister said Saturday that the country has increased the number of troops protecting its border with Belarus as a deterrent amid “destabilising” actions by its pro-Russian neighbor.
Mariusz Blaszczak met in Jarylowka, in eastern Poland, with some of the troops recently deployed close to the Belarus border.
He insisted that the increased military presence is purely a deterrent move, not a hostile act, as Minsk and Moscow are claiming.
“There is no doubt that the Belarus regime is cooperating with the Kremlin and that the attacks on the Polish border are intended to destabilise our country,” Blaszczak said.
Two Belarus military helicopters briefly entered Poland’s airspace last week, a move considered by Warsaw to be a deliberate provocation.
Blaszczak said that actions taken by Belarus “pose a threat to our security” and for that reason Poland is building up its potential “to deter an aggressor".
He said this week that up to 10,000 Polish Army and Territorial Defense troops will be stationed on the border with Belarus, in addition to the usual Border Guards.
Some will be in active training and patrolling, others on standby.
AP Video shot Rafal Niedzielski
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