Lithuania is bolstering its border defences with Russia in multiple ways. Apart from using a large number of "dragon's teeth," the authorities in Vilnius plan to mine bridges leading to Kaliningrad. "Lithuania has already purchased warehouses full of "dragon’s teeth" — concrete pyramids designed to stop tanks — and plans to mine its bridges to the

Lithuania is enhancing its border security with Russia through various measures. In addition to deploying a significant number of "dragon's teeth" barriers, the authorities in Vilnius have decided to mine the bridges leading to Kaliningrad.

Belarus as a Launchpad for Attacks on NATO States" took place. The discussion was organized by the International Center for Countering Russian Aggression in collaboration with the "For the Decolonization and Dismantling of the Russian Empire" the expert group from the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine’s inter-factional MPs' association.

Polish border guards look east into Belarus at the crossing point Połowce-Pieszczatka in Polowce, Poland on Jan 16. (AP)

A draft law winding its way through parliament would see the border shut for 60 days if Warsaw suspects that migrants are being 'weaponized'

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said that protecting borders is a 'sacred duty', but humanitarian organisations have expressed concerns. #EuropeNews

It’s become a buffer zone since Belarus’ ally ... farther north line Poland's frontier with the Russian region of Kaliningrad. Poland is Ukraine’s top logistical backer.

After breaking away from a crumbling Soviet Union in the early 1990s, Belarus became increasingly aligned with Russia, unlike its neighbors. That bond strengthened as Russia waged its war against Ukraine.

According to Sergey Naryshkin, the existence of such a distinctive passage is Russia’s "natural strategic benefit"

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Poland’s six-month presidency of the European Union is firmly focused on security. As Europe’s biggest land war in decades rages, fewer places highlight the challenges and contradictions of defending the bloc and its values more starkly than the border with Belarus.

Russian president Vladimir Putin and his ally in neighbouring Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, have sought to weaponise migration by pushing thousands of migrants brought from elsewhere in the world over the EU’s borders in an effort to fuel support for anti-immigration far-right parties.