According to propaganda Belarusian media, the Pole was detained by Belarusian services on charges of espionage in LEPEL in the Vitebian region. The 27-year-old allegedly had photocopies of eight secret documents about ZAPAD-2025 maneuvers. A Belarusian citizen was detained with him.
“Among the Pole's personal items were dollars, euros, Bulgarian and Polish money and Belarusian rubles. A SIM card was also found, which he did not buy, and got it as a gift” – we read in the article on the government portal news.by. According to Belarusian propaganda, a Pole was to cooperate with Belarusian who gave him information. Propaganda media reports that the 27-year-old promised the Belarusian colleague monthly transfers.
Belarusians detained a Pole. Is the reaction of Polish services
In the material of the Belarusian portal you can see leaflets of the Carmelite Order. He is detained. A spokesman for the minister-coordinator of special services Jacek Dobrzyński, denied that the 27-year-old could have been a spy.
“The arrest of a Polish citizen by the Belarusian KGB is another provocation of the Lukashenko regime aimed at our country. Polish special services do not use religious to collect information about military maneuvers” – he emphasized in the post on portal X.
Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs about reports about a Pole. “It could be a provocation”
– We check this information. This can of course be a provocation – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Marcin Bosacki said earlier with Polsat News. – I am not surprised that Belarusians are once again trying to mix provocations in relations. (…) We will see how much truth is in what they say this time – he added.
The Belarusian-Russian exercises ZAPAD-2025 are scheduled for September 12-16. In the opinion of the deputy defense minister of Lithuania Tomas Godliauskas, no more than 30,000 will participate in maneuver. soldiers: 6-8 thousand in Belarus, several thousand in the Królewiec region belonging to Russia, and remained in units located in the depths of Russia.
