The situation is worsening on the Polish-Belarusian border.
Russian long-range bombers are now flying over the area.
Europol intervenes.
The situation of migrants on the Belarusian-Polish border remains precarious.
Belarus is meanwhile threatening to stop gas deliveries in the event of new EU sanctions.
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Warsaw / Minsk - The situation in the Belarusian-Polish border area still does not seem to ease, on the contrary - according to the dpa, Russian long-range bombers are now flying over the area for surveillance.
When asked about Russian support, President Lukashenko said: "Yes, these bombers are able to transport nuclear weapons." As CNN reports, the Belarusian government plans to continue the joint border patrols with Russia "on a regular basis".
Belarus also threatened to stop gas deliveries in the event of new EU sanctions.
Belarus: Russian missiles over border area - Europol apparently rushes to help Poland
Meanwhile, the German Foreign Minister Heiko Maaß condemned this "unscrupulous game with human life", as reported by the dpa.
Lukashenko and his regime are to blame for the situation, and nobody else.
Therefore one must support Poland with all means in the dispute with Belarus.
How exactly this should look is not yet clear.
The Green MP Franziska Brantner is calling for humanitarian aid from Germany and the EU in the border area.
AfD politician Gottfried Curio replied, however, that “immigration is not a human right”.
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An easing of the situation is not in sight for the migrants in the Belarusian-Polish border area.
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At the international level, Europol has now apparently offered assistance to Poland.
The authority will support the management of the situation at the border as quickly as possible, according to a spokeswoman for the EU Commission * according to dpa.
Ukraine also sent around 8,500 soldiers to the border with Belarus on Thursday afternoon.
One must build an “intelligent border”, said the Ukrainian Interior Minister Monastyrskyj.
(mef / dpa) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
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