Poland: 2 soldiers injured in clash with migrants at Belarus border
By DW
26 October 2021 |
11:29 am
The injuries were mild, officials said, in the second such scuffle in three days. Poland has drastically increased its military presence at the border with Belarus as people seek to enter the EU by the thousands.
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