Belarusian Forces Threatened to Open Fire at Polish Troops Guarding Border, Says Defense Ministry

Armed Polish border guards stand next to a group of migrants at a makeshift encampment on the border between Belarus and Poland in Usnarz Gorny, near Bialystok, northeast Poland, on August 20, 2021. - The fate of a group of 32 bedraggled migrants stranded at a makeshift encampment on the border between Belarus and Poland for nearly two weeks has sparked a heated debate in Poland. The sight of the migrants, who are believed to be from Afghanistan, stuck between armed Belarusian officers and Polish soldiers just a few metres away has moved many Poles. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP) Photo by WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP via Getty Images

Poland’s defense ministry on Thursday accused Belarusian soldiers of threatening to open fire on Polish troops just across the Polish-Belarusian border one day earlier.

“Yesterday there was another provocation against Polish soldiers protecting the border,” the Polish Ministry of Defense (MOD) said.