Air incidents in Europe, Poland installs anti-drone system on border with Belarus

Poland has installed the first set of an artillery defense system on a new observation tower in Ozierany, near the Polish-Belarusian border, as part of efforts to strengthen security against threats from unmanned aerial vehicles, officials said on Tuesday.

"It is a special tower because the first batch of the artillery system that will protect the Polish border is being installed on this tower. As early as January, this batch will be launched," said the Minister of the Interior and Administration, Marcin Kierwiński, during a press conference in Ozierany.

Kierwiński and Prime Minister Donald Tusk also visited the Border Guard post in Bobrowniki on Tuesday, as part of the latest phase of strengthening security along the Polish-Belarusian border.

The tower in Ozierany is one of five such structures built in recent months. They have been installed along the Svisloch and Istoczanka rivers, among others. The total investment cost was approximately 47 million zlotys (11.1 million euros).

More than 4,000 soldiers and several hundred Border Guard and police officers will spend Christmas Eve on duty, Tusk said.

"In total, more than 6,000 people will spend Christmas Eve right at the border and we will think warmly of them and we will all remember that thanks to them, everyone else can spend this Christmas safely in their homes," he said.

Kierwiński spoke of increased border security, saying that “almost 30,000 attempts to illegally cross the Polish border” had been thwarted. “This shows what a challenge we are facing,” he said.

However, activists who continue to provide humanitarian aid on the Polish-Belarusian border and human rights organizations say that although there are now fewer calls from migrants for help, the humanitarian situation remains difficult.

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