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VOA Russian: Poland approves border securities to deter Russian, Belarusian aggression


FILE - Workers build the first part of a wall intended to block migrants pushed by Belarus, in what the European Union calls a "hybrid attack," from crossing illegally into EU territory, in Tolcze, near Kuznica, Poland, on the border with Belarus Jan. 27, 2022.
FILE - Workers build the first part of a wall intended to block migrants pushed by Belarus, in what the European Union calls a "hybrid attack," from crossing illegally into EU territory, in Tolcze, near Kuznica, Poland, on the border with Belarus Jan. 27, 2022.

As Russian President Vladimir Putin and his key ally, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, organize waves of illegal immigration into the EU as a tool of their hybrid war against the West, Poland has been building a wall on the border with Belarus, shielding itself from current and potentially future Russia's hostile efforts.

The wall, more than 5 meters high, stretches for more than 136 kilometers. However, illegal migrants bused to the border by Russian and Belarusian authorities increasingly use garden ladders to scale the wall and get into Poland.

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