Defense: Poland launches special operation on the border with Kaliningrad

Warsaw. In Poland, the police, border guards and army have begun a large-scale operation on the border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. There were indications that acts of sabotage could occur on the border with Kaliningrad in the coming days, police chief Marek Boron told the radio station Rmf.fm.

“We have to ensure the safety of the citizens living there, but also for the facilities and all possible situations that could pose a danger to the population,” the police chief continued. That is why the police in the border region have been reinforced with emergency services from other parts of the country. The army's elite Grom unit is also deployed there, a military spokesman told the tabloid “Fakt”. President Karol Nawrocki will be kept constantly updated about the situation, his spokesman told Rmf.fm.

EU and NATO member Poland shares a 232-kilometer-long border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. This highly armed area is surrounded by NATO members Poland and Lithuania and is considered “Moscow’s unsinkable aircraft carrier”.

Just this summer, there were US media reports of new intelligence information that Russian President Vladimir Putin may attempt to test NATO's resolve with a limited attack on an alliance country within the next few years. Possible scenarios range from a cyberattack to a small-scale intrusion into a NATO country by soldiers in unmarked uniforms.