Over 30,000 troops amassed in Poland, Baltic states Belarusian border

Over 30,000 troops are amassed in Poland and the Baltic states near the Belarusian borders, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Monday.

“According to the data as of now, over 30,000 troops with military hardware, armaments and so on are amassed in Poland on the border with Belarus and in the Baltic states,” Lukashenko said at a meeting that discussed the scenario of joint Russia-Belarus operational drills, the presidential press service reported.

Poland has also turned to NATO’s leadership with a request to deploy a multilayered logistic support system in the region, the Belarusian president said.

Meanwhile, NATO is trying in its current talks with Russia on security guarantees “to put them on the back burner,” “talk down all these negotiations and ideas and pretend as if nothing is happening,” Lukashenko said.