“Our message will be simple: the Polish border is sealed,” says Donald Tusk.

“Our message will be simple: the Polish border is sealed,” says Donald Tusk.
The measures “give border guards a key tool to combat illegal migration, which is an element of hybrid aggression against Poland”, says the interior minister.
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Tensions flared up on the border as migrants threw stones towards Polish troops.
Journalists are expected to be allowed into the border area with permission.
The deployment comes as Belarusian and Russian paratroopers hold joint drills today.
Charles Michel met with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, who described Belarus’s actions at the border as “state terrorism”.
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An unprecedented crisis is unfolding, yet journalists cannot visit the area.
The “modus operandi of those attacking” has changed, said Poland’s defence minister.
“Regardless of the circumstances of the migrants’ arrival, they need our spiritual and material support,” says the head of the episcopate.
A number of countries, including the US, have condemned Belarus.
Poland’s government warned of attempts by Minsk to provoke a “major incident”.
Other armed Belarusians were also observed trying to destroy border fencing in what Poland calls “further provocations” by Minsk.
“NATO is ready to continue helping our allies and maintaining security in the region,” said its headquarters in Brussels.
Three people carrying rifles were spotted by Polish soldiers early yesterday morning.