Poland Reinforces Kaliningrad Border After Overnight Movement

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said security forces prevented an incident after people carrying flashlights were observed near the border with Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave shortly after midnight on November 3. He said it was not possible to confirm whether the movement was intended as a provocation. Tusk said he received the report from border guards and that police, working with the military, border guards and intelligence services, responded. He confirmed a police-coordinated operation in the northeastern regions of Warmian-Masurian and Podlaskie, where authorities have been reinforcing security. The measures followed warnings, Tusk said, that acts of sabotage or an armed incursion into Poland could occur during the first half of November. In response, he said, additional police and other forces, including counterterrorism units, were directed to the region. He also said further warnings about possible escalation were conveyed by NATO Supreme Allied Commander in Europe Alexus Grynkewich during Grynkewich’s October visit to Warsaw. Polish national police chief Marek Boroń separately told RMF FM that authorities had intelligence warnings about possible sabotage near...