Polish-Russian border: Major operation on the border with Kaliningrad following intelligence warnings

dpa | In Poland, the police, border guards and military have begun a large-scale operation on the border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said in Warsaw that there was very precise information from the secret services that armed people could infiltrate Polish territory.

“Shortly after midnight I received information that worrying movements were being observed on the Polish-Russian border,” Tusk continued. Among other things, people with flashlights were traveling near the border. Quick actions by the emergency services prevented provocations.

According to Tusk, the secret services had been warning for a long time that enemy services were planning provocations at the border in early November. NATO Commander-in-Chief Alexus Grynkewich also confirmed this information to him.

EU and NATO member Poland shares a 232-kilometer-long border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. This highly armed area is surrounded by NATO members Poland and Lithuania and is considered “Moscow’s unsinkable aircraft carrier”.

Just this summer, there were US media reports of new intelligence information that Russian President Vladimir Putin may attempt to test NATO's resolve with a limited attack on an alliance country within the next few years. Possible scenarios range from a cyberattack to a small-scale intrusion into a NATO country by soldiers in unmarked uniforms.