Several thousand migrants moved from Belarus to the European Union and came close to the Polish border. The column consists of Iraqi refugees (accompanied by Belarusian soldiers). Thus, they want to get to Germany through the territory of Poland. The Ministry of Defense of Poland reported this on Twitter.
In order to get to Poland, migrants try to destroy the barbed wire fence that separates the country. They use scissors for cutting metal and a sledgehammer. Polish border guards try to drive away migrants with the help of tear gas.
Women and children are seen among the migrants.
Now there are 12 Polish soldiers on duty at the border, who have been brought to full combat readiness. Lithuania also sent its troops there.
"The biggest demand for massive forceful penetration into the territory of Poland has begun," Stanislav Zharyn, the press secretary of the Minister-Coordinator of Poland's special services, wrote on Twitter.
The authorities of Poland blame the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko for what is happening and have already imposed a state of emergency in the regions on the border with Belarus, while Lithuania is building a four-meter fence to protect against illegal migrants.
It should be noted that the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, said that after the sanctions imposed by the West against the republic, it no longer has "either the money or the strength" to stop the flow of migrants to Europe. However, the EU believes that the Belarusian authorities, on the contrary, supervise the flow of migrants.
