![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/poland-sends-troops-to-border-to-face-down-wagner-amid-putins-chilling-threat/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2023-belarusian-tank-rolls-weeklong-833003109.jpg&description=POLAND has sent troops to their border with Belarus to face off the growing threat of Wagner forces amassing at their eastern flank. Vladimir Putin responded to the military move with a chilling Stalin-style threat that promised to "remind them" of their place using "all the means at out disposal". 9 Vladimir Putin has been spewing threats at Poland after the Nato nation redeployed troops to its border with Belarus to counter the threat of Wagner Credit: Alamy 9 Yevgeny Prigozhin's mercenaries are now holding joint military drills with Belarusian troops close to Poland's borders Credit: AP 9 Belarus' defence ministry proudly shared the footage of their week-long manoeuvres with the paid-killer group Credit: AP 9 On the other side of the fence, a Polish soldier stands guard at the heavily fortified border Credit: Getty 9 Polish troops pictured before on their way to protect Nato's eastern flank Credit: Reuters Poland's security meeting decided to transfer the troops to the border over concerns of the build up of Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner mercenary army. The move was prompted by Belarus' decision on Thursday to hold the joint drills between their special forces and Wagner troops near to Nato perimeter. Zbigniew Hoffmann, secretary of the Polish Security Committee, said the exercises are "undoubtedly a provocation". Polish residents near the border region reported hearing shooting and helicopters. The Nato nation's troop redeployment struck a chord with an President Putin who launched a spitting rebuttal that evoked the brutal Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. On Russian state TV he threatened: "The Western territories of today's Poland are a gift of Stalin to the Poles. "Our friends in Warsaw forgot about it, we'll remind them." In a later meeting with the security council, he added: "Unleashing aggression against Belarus will mean aggression against the Russian Federation." He warned that Moscow will respond "with all the means at our disposal" - only weeks after Russia){kind=link}
POLAND has sent troops to their border with Belarus to face off the growing threat of Wagner forces amassing on the Nato nation’s eastern flank.
Vladimir Putin responded to the military move with a chilling Stalin-style threat that promised to “remind them” of their place using “all the means at our disposal”.
Poland’s Security Committee decided to transfer troops to the border over concerns of the build up of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner mercenary army.
The move was prompted by Belarus’ decision on Thursday to hold the joint drills between their special forces and Wagner troops only three miles from the Nato perimeter.
Zbigniew Hoffmann, secretary of the committee, said the exercises are “undoubtedly a provocation”.