In the Lublin Voivodeship of Poland, the construction of a 172 km long electronic fence has begun on the border with Belarus.
Points of attention
- Poland is building a 172 km long electronic barrier on its border with Belarus to prevent illegal crossings and increase national security.
- The project includes the installation of thousands of camera poles, day-night and thermal imaging cameras, and motion detection sensors on the designated border section.
- In response to migration pressure, Poland previously erected a 5.5m high, 186 km long barrier on its border with Belarus, and plans to modernize it for enhanced protection.
- The construction of the electronic fence will cost 279 million zlotys and is expected to be completed within a year, with a monitoring center set up in the Lublin Voivodeship.
- Poland is also planning further fortifications, detection and warning systems, logistics hubs, and anti-drone systems as part of the extensive 'Shield East' program by 2028.
Poland strengthens the border with Belarus
Preparatory work is underway on the banks of the Bug River in the Vlodav District.
This was reported by the spokesman of the Nadbuzhany Department of the Border Service of the Republic of Poland Dariush Senitskyi.
The area is being cleared of trees and bushes. Poles for cameras are installed on the prepared territory and power supply systems are installed.
He informed that 1,800 camera poles, 4,500 day-night and thermal imaging cameras, motion detection sensors will be installed on the 172-km section of the Polish-Belarusian border.
The monitoring center for the operation of the barrier will be deployed in Holm, Lublin Voivodeship.
Installation of the electric fence will last a year. Its cost is 279 million zlotys (over 70 million dollars).
Poland built new fortifications on the border with Belarus
In 2022, Poland built a barrier 5.5 m high and 186 km long on the border with Belarus, and installed a modern electronic monitoring system in response to the artificial creation of migratory pressure by Belarus and Russia on the border of Belarus with Poland and the Baltic countries from the summer of 2021.
Recently, a decision was made to modernize this barrier.
By 2028, Warsaw will build fortifications, detection and warning systems, advanced bases, logistics hubs and anti-drone systems on the border with Russia and Belarus within the framework of the large-scale "Shield East" program.
