Poland started to build a temporary barrier on its 210 kilometer-long (130 miles) border with Russia’s exclave of Kaliningrad to strengthen its security, Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said, according to Bloomberg.
The decision follows reports that the airport in Kaliningrad began accepting flights from North Africa and the Middle East, he told a news conference in Wisztyniec, Poland. The barrier will consist of three lines of concertina wire and the work will start as early as Wednesday, Blaszczak told reporters.
Poland earlier this year built a wall on its border with Belarus after it accused the Kremlin of masterminding the artificial flow of thousands of people from countries including Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan in later 2021.
The surge was designed to destabilize Poland and prevent it from supporting Ukraine. according to Balaszczak.