Special Services

In April, the Belarusian-Polish border was crossed illegally by an individual named Odilkhon S., who was identified as the Islamic State’s sympathizer. Due to threats to the Republic of Poland, the citizen of Tajikistan was deported from Poland.

In addition to activities aimed to destabilize the situation on the Belarusian-Polish border, a systematic information warfare is being waged against Poland. It is an attempt to portray Poland as being responsible for the crisis and eager to escalate it. The objectives of these efforts go far beyond migration. Russian and Belarusian top officials as well as propagandists notorious for smearing Poland are actively involved in this hostile campagn.

As a result of a joint investigation of the Internal Security Agency (ABW) and the prosecution service Filip Sz. (name withheld under Poland’s privacy laws), a man wanted on an international arrest warrant and an Interpol’s Red Notice, has been detained in Ukraine. He is suspected of leading an organized crime group involved in money laundering. His criminal activities have led to the legalization of more than PLN 1 billion.

During the attacks on the Polish border crossing, which took place on November 16, 2021, the deputy head of the Belarusian border guards was present in Bruzgi. During the assault, he acted as if he was overseeing the actions against the Poles.

The CBA has detained three more persons suspected of having committed offences related to the attestation of untruths in invoices and then making tax depletions on their basis.

Joint activities of CBA and the Internal Security Agency (ABW) in the investigation conducted under the supervision of the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Szczecin Six persons detained.

The Internal Security Agency (ABW), under the supervision of the Prosecutor’s Office, is carrying out an investigation into the 23 May 2021 forced landing at the Minsk airport of a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius, with Roman Protasevich on board. In the course of the investigation some passengers and the airlines’ representatives have been heard, the plane has been examined, recordings have been analysed and some other evidence has been secured. During the proceedings, a report and materials from a first-hand witness of the actions taken on that day at the control tower in Minsk have also been gathered.

Russian involvement in operation against Poland and the whole Eastern Flank of NATO is obvious. And that's from the very beginning. The Kremlin's responsibility is undeniable.

We are dealing with actions which are organized by Belarusian services with Russian support.

We are witnessing an unprecedented aggression of Belarus against Poland and the whole European Union. The weapon used in this hostile activity are migrants. With a silent support and approval of his patron – Russian president Vladimir Putin – Alexander Lukashenko has enticed thousands of them to come to Belarus and then funnelled them to the EU borders, often with the escort of uniformed troops with guns. The biggest migratory pressure is currently on Poland, after the regime in Minsk redirected its earlier focus from Lithuania and Latvia. Lukashenko opened this artificial migratory route out of revenge for international sanctions imposed on Minsk and the support given to the democratic opposition in Belarus. It is a hybrid warfare where the Belarusian state apparatus is cynically using the migrants, staging dangerous provocations against the Polish border guards and soldiers and conducting aggressive disinformation campaigns. EU and NATO, whose borders with Belarus are in fact the very borders Poland, Latvia and Lithuania have with Belarus, share this assessment. They realize that our efforts to prevent the 2014/2015 European migrant crisis from happening again now are indispensable.