Tensions are rising after helicopters from the pro-Russian country of Belarus reportedly violated the airspace of NATO member Poland.

“It has been confirmed that two Belarusian helicopters, which were conducting a training exercise, violated Polish airspace,” the Polish Defense Ministry said on its website.

“The violation took place at a very low altitude in the Białowieza woodlands and was difficult to detect by radar,” the ministry said. “We are sending additional forces, including combat helicopters, to the border area,” it added. It also reported the incident to NATO and summoned Belarus’s acting ambassador for an explanation.

Belarus, meanwhile, denied any airspace violations, saying Poland was trying to justify its troop buildup. “Poland, which initially denied the airspace violation, changed its words after consultations with its ‘masters’ abroad,” the Belarusian Defense Ministry said.
after consultations with their ‘masters’ abroad” and that “there was no airspace violation.”

Belarus is a pro-Russian country that has relocated Russian tactical nuclear weapons and hosted Wagnerian insurgents, most recently when more than 100 Wagnerian mercenaries moved into the western Belarusian city of Hrodna, close to the Suvauki Corridor.

The Suvauki Corridor connects Belarus to the Russian overseas territory of Kaliningrad and is the only land route between the three NATO members, the Baltic states and Poland. It’s a strategic node that Russia wants to hold onto.

In this regard, 먹튀검증토토사이트 Belarusian President Lukashenko has said that he is holding back Wagnerian mercenaries who want to advance on Poland.
and that Poland should be grateful.

The deployment of pro-Russian troops near the Suvauki corridor is an escalation of the NATO
front that could shake up NATO.