Britain is sending more troops to Poland and Lithuania to help the Eastern European countries tackle the illegal immigration crisis orchestrated by the Belarusian regime. In a statement on Thursday, the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) said: “Poland and Lithuania, along with their Baltic neighbour Latvia, have been under significant pressure from migration originating from Belarus and facilitated by the Lukashenko regime for a number of months.” The ministry said the UK already has 150 personnel based in Poland under NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence as part of the U.S.-led battle group in the country. The MoD said the UK will deploy 140 more military engineers to Poland to provide specialist support in response to the pressures from “irregular migration” at the Belarus border. Specialists from the 32 Engineer Regiment, the Royal Engineers, will support Polish troops with specific engineering tasks along the border including infrastructure support and repairing access roads. …
UK Sends More Troops to Poland, Lithuania Amid Belarus Border Tensions
December 9, 2021
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