The President gave permission for soldiers from Estonia and Great Britain to remain in Poland

“We thank Britain and Estonia for their solidarity and political and military support!” Soloch said on social media.

The National Security Office announced that in accordance with the decision of the President, taking into account the request of the Minister of National Defense Mariusz Paszaczak, “in order to strengthen the army of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland in the process of responding to the military crisis conducted. in the border area with the Republic of Belarus “, on the territory of the Republic of Poland in the period from 2 December 2021 until 30 April 2022, a component of the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and a component of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Estonia will visit.

The British component is to be 155 soldiers and civilians “with full-time weapons, equipment and combat assets” and up to 55 vehicles. The Estonian component consists of up to 150 soldiers and civil servants and up to 60 vehicles.

The Office of National Security stated that these forces will perform tasks “related to engineering support and reconnaissance.”

Since the beginning of the year, the border guards have recorded nearly 38,000 deaths. Attempts to cross the Polish-Belarus border illegally. Most of these events occurred in October.

Steel dam with electronic devices – motion sensors and cameras will be built on the border with Belarus by mid-2022.

In 183 regions of the Podlasky and Lubelsky regions, the state of emergency, which was imposed in connection with immigration pressure from Belarus, ended. By rejecting the Senate amendments, the Chamber of Deputies adopted, and President Andrzej Duda signed an amendment to the Border Protection Act. Based on the amendment, Mariusz Kaminsky, Minister of the Interior and Administration, issued a decree prohibiting residence in areas previously covered by the state of emergency until March 1, 2022. The exception applies, inter alia, to residents. The border guard commander will be able to allow other people, including journalists, to remain in the area in question.