Poland is now planning to build an approximately 200km long border fence on the Russian border equipped with cameras and motion sensors.
According to the main reason of Poland News from heaven be to stop the arrival of Asian and African migrants that Polish authorities fear will be used in a hybrid war against the country.
Refugee crisis
Last fall, Poland experienced a refugee crisis on the border with Belarus as thousands of refugees from Africa and the Middle East tried to enter the country and the Eurozone.
At the time, Belarusian authorities denied having anything to do with the refugee flow, but Poland later erected border barriers against the country, which is now Russia’s ally in the war against Ukraine.
Now Poland is considering doing the same along the Russian border. Poland borders the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, which lies between Poland and Lithuania.
– It needs to be strengthened
Krzystof Sobolewski, general secretary of the ruling Law and Order party in Poland, talks about the plans of the Polish broadcaster Polskie Radio 1.
RUSSIAN EXCLAVE: Kaliningrad is located between Lithuania and Poland.
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– We need to strengthen our presence and forces at that border and also consider building border barriers similar to those we have against Belarus, says Sobolewski, according to Reuters.
The fences against Belarus are made of steel, 5.5 meters high and have motion sensors and cameras. That fence stretches for about 187 kilometers.
– Idiots
The spokesman for President Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, describes the possible plans as “idiocy”.
It could be Russia’s next step
– History has always shown that it is idiotic to build fences, because over the years and decades the walls will fall, says Peskov.
The Polish border guard says they will be able to start work as early as next year because Poland feared that more refugees could enter Poland via Kaliningrad in the coming weeks.
