A fewer days ago, on a section of the Polish-Belarusian border in the area of the Mielnik Border defender Service, there was another incidental confirming the thesis about the deliberate action of the Belarusian regime. A group of dozens of migrants trying to cross the border illegally was supported by a individual in a military uniform.
When the Polish patrol arrived, foreigners, including the aforementioned uniformed person, began throwing stones at the service vehicle. They utilized grinder to destruct the border barrier and had ladders – which clearly indicates the organized nature of the action.
This event is no exception. According to Defence24, the presence of armed and uniformed people close migrants on the Belarusian side is increasing. It is part of the hybrid war led by the government of Alexander Lukashenko.
Both the Polish authorities and the EU institutions, including Frontex, have long shown that migration force on the border with Belarus is an artificially induced phenomenon. According to the Ministry of the Interior and Administration, Belarus consciously leads to crises at the border, transporting migrants from Asia and Africa to Minsk and then directing them towards the borders of the European Union.
The Frontex study of 2024 indicated that "immigrants are being misled by Belarusian services as to the anticipation of entering the West". They are frequently escorted, even instructed, as well as where to force fences.
According to information from the Border Guard, in 2024 there were over 35 1000 attempts to illegally cross the border from Belarus to Poland – that is much more than in 2023. Importantly, migrants are increasingly accompanied by persons in uniform, possibly members of the Belarusian border or military services. specified incidents are documented and video recordings utilized as evidence of hybrid activities.
As Deputy Minister of National Defence Cezary Tomczyk stressed, "we are dealing with the regular action of the Belarusian State, which treats migrants as surviving tools of force on Poland and the full European Union."
Poland responded by strengthening the physical safety of the border – including expanding the engineering dam and implementing an advanced electronic monitoring system. Not only Border defender officers operate on site, but besides soldiers of the Polish Army.
The European Union supports Poland's actions, recognising them as part of the defence of common borders. As Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, stressed, "Belarus' actions are an unacceptable form of hybrid attack on EU associate States".
The presence of a individual in uniform during the attack of migrants on the Polish border is no coincidence. This is evidence of the engagement of Belarusian services in the organization of attempts at illegal crossings. The Lukashenko government consistently uses migration as a tool of destabilization, leading actions that should be treated not as a humanitarian crisis but as a military-political operation.
