Poland has deployed police counter-terrorism units along its border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad following reports of potential sabotage, The Kyiv Independent reports.Marek Boroń, the Chief of the Polish National Police, told the Polish media outlet RMF FM that counter-terrorism units in the Warmian-Masurian and Podlaskie Voivodeships are working in coordination with the military, the Border Guard, and intelligence services. A special command center has been established at the National Police Headquarters, with additional personnel dispatched from several other regions.According to RMF FM, Polish and allied military intelligence services warned in late October that acts of sabotage could occur near the Russian border—potentially including border incursions by armed groups. Boroń stated that the increased presence of security forces is intended to protect the population and infrastructure amid concerns regarding sabotage and malicious activities by foreign intelligence services.The police chief denied any link between the deployment of these counter-terrorism units and the ongoing crisis involving Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal, which has sparked clashes and protests. Kaliningrad is a Russian exclave on the Baltic Sea coast, bordering Poland and Lithuania—both of which are NATO member states. A police operation is currently underway in northeastern Poland, including the Podlaskie Voivodeship, which borders Lithuania and Belarus.These new security measures have been implemented at a time when the security situation in the region has once again deteriorated. On the 1st of November, an unidentified object entered Latvian airspace.
Amid rising sabotage threats, Poland deploys counter-terrorism units near Russian border
