Polish authorities have announced the launch of a special operation in areas bordering Russia's Kaliningrad region, infohub.kz reports.
The operation was announced by Poland's Chief Police Commander Marek Boroń. According to him, it was launched after intelligence warnings about possible sabotage. The country's authorities received warnings from Poland's Military Intelligence Service and allied intelligence agencies "about possible sabotage activities on the border with Russia." The report says the warnings concerned alleged attempts by armed groups to cross the border.
"This is directly linked to the current situation in our country — sabotage, subversion, all these hybrid forms of criminal activity by Eastern intelligence services," Boroń said.
The operation is being conducted in voivodeships in the northeast of the country. It involves police, the army, the border guard, intelligence services and counterterrorism units. A special headquarters has been set up at the National Police Headquarters to coordinate actions, and additional police forces from several voivodeships have been sent to border areas.
Boroń stressed that the measures are preventive in nature. According to him, their goal is to ensure the safety of residents of border areas, state institutions and other facilities that could be targets for sabotage.
"This is also linked to information we receive from foreign intelligence services. Our task is to ensure the safety of citizens and institutions located there, as well as to protect society from any potential threats," the police chief said.
He denied suggestions that the deployment of additional forces was linked to the political crisis surrounding Poland's Constitutional Tribunal.