“The head of the State Border of Lithuania (VSAT) Rustamas Lyubaevas reported that with the beginning of joint Belarusian-Russian military exercises “West-2025” the situation on the Lithuanian border remained calm and the flows of illegal migration decreased.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: “European Truth” with reference to LRT
Details: According to Lyubaevas, the first weekend of the active phase of “West-2025” training at the border was quite calm.
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According to him, Lithuanian border guards did not record any increased activity near the border with Belarus and Russia during the weekend.
“As for illegal migration, the flows were also not recorded, it can be said that during exercises, flows of illegal migration on the border with Belarus decreased,” Lyubaevas added.
However, he noted that in the middle of last week, before the active phase of the training, an increase in the number of attempts by the illegal crossing of the border was recorded.
“But in general, assessing the situation in our region, it can be said that tension persists, and the flows of illegal migration remain quite large,” – said VSAT.
Prehistory:
- Wause training in the territory of the Republic of Belarus is conducted at landfills located in the depths of the country or in its eastern regions. Nevertheless, NATO retains increased vigilance through these exercises. On September 12, these exercises began.
- Against the background of concern by these exercises, Poland has completely closed the border with Belarus from September 11, and such a decision was made before the incident with the fall of Russian drones.
- The Latvia Seimas, on the same day, voted for the complete closure of the country’s borders with Russia and Belarus during the Waval Military Exercises.