A pair of Belarusian helicopters “violated” Poland’s airspace during a scheduled training mission, according to Polish defense officials.
“An analysis of the situation has determined that Polish airspace was violated by two Belarusian helicopters conducting training near the border,” the Polish Defense Ministry said Tuesday. “In response to the violation of the airspace of the Republic of Poland by two Belarusian helicopters on August 1, 2023, the charge d’affaires of the Belarusian embassy was immediately summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The dispute arises amid widespread angst about the potential for the Wagner Group, which acquired a reputation as one of the more effective forces in the Russian defense system, to pose a threat to some of the NATO members nearest to Ukraine. She issued that warning in part to allay Polish anxiety."The Wagner Group is bigger than the Lithuanian army,” the Polish Interior Ministry’s state secretary, Maciej Wasik, said Monday. “They came to Belarus for a purpose. And they are too expensive to help with the harvest. They will not help to harvest. Lukashenko wants to use them.”
“Listen, the Suwalki Corridor is not in Belarus,” Lukashenko said Tuesday, per Belarusian state media. “We don't travel along this corridor or towards the corridor. We don't need it absolutely. Keeping things calm is the most important thing.”
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