Poland on High Alert as Wagner Mercenaries Approach NATO Border

Poland has warned that Russia's use of Wagner mercenary troops in Belarus is a deliberate attempt to destabilize the border region. The presence of the Wagner Group near the Suwalki Gap, a strategic land corridor between Belarus and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, has raised tensions. Poland sees this as part of a series of provocations orchestrated by Russia. The border tensions have also led to a decline in visitor numbers to the Bialowieza forest, a national park in Poland.