Wagner Fighters Moved To Suwalki Corridor – Polish Prime Minister
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki claimed that more than 100 fighters of the Wagner PMC had moved to the Suwałki corridor, located southwest of the border between Lithuania and Poland, between Belarus and the Russian Kaliningrad Oblast. “This is certainly a step towards a further hybrid attack on Polish territory,” Morawiecki said at a press conference in Gliwice.
Prime Minister Morawiecki declared that Poland has been facing a constant attack on its border for two years. According to him, this year alone, 16 thousand migrants “pulled by Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko” attempted to illegally cross the border.
“Now the situation is becoming even more dangerous. We have information that more than 100 mercenaries of the Wagner group moved towards the Suwałki corridor near Grodno in Belarus,” he said.
Morawiecki did not clarify the goals of the Wagner fighters, suggesting that they would disguise themselves as Belarusian border guards and help illegal migrants enter Poland.
In fact, the Wagner PMC likely has more strategic goals then sending migrants across the border to distract Polish guards. Wagner fighters likely went to the Gozhsky training ground belonging to the 6th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus. The landfill is located in the Grodno region, at the border with Lithuania and Poland. Moreover, this is not for the first time that the Wagner fighters conducted joint exercises with the Belarusian military near the border. According to the official reports, they have already conducted military exercises at several training grounds, including Brest, Losvido, Osipovichi etc, strengthening military cooperation between the Wagner PMC and the Belarusian military.
The Suwalki Corridor is located between the Russian Kaliningrad Oblast and Belarus, which is of strategic interest to NATO. It is considered the most vulnerable place on NATO’s eastern flank. It connects Poland with the Baltic countries and is the only land link between the Baltic NATO countries and the rest of the alliance. Poland is increasing its military presence there. The Polish Defense Ministry earlier announced the deployment of a new sapper battalion in the city of Augustow in the Suwalki corridor.
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