Lithuania has closed two of its six border crossings into Belarus, as Latvia and Poland bolster their borders with Russia's ally.
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00:00 Lithuania has closed two of its six checkpoints with Belarus and is considering a complete
00:07 border closure, claiming there's a hybrid threat from the east.
00:10 Vilnius cited the worrying presence of Wagner Group's Russian mercenaries moved to Belarus
00:15 after its mutiny and failed march on Moscow.
00:18 "The main focus is how many of the prisoners are by the wall, because we need the biggest
00:27 number of prisoners to be there.
00:30 That's what we're doing, with our national security services, we're dividing these things
00:35 so that people are not in the administration but by the wall."
00:41 In Warsaw, border security was one of the main issues on the table during the visit
00:45 of Latvian President Edgar Zrinkievic.
00:50 His Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda highlighted the threats of hybrid aggression from Belarus
00:54 and promised to supply military aid to Latvia if needed.
00:59 Poland closed all but one checkpoint with Belarus this year, while Latvia has mobilized
01:04 extra border guards and additional troops to protect its eastern frontier.
01:09 Riga made the decision after thwarting 90 illegal border crossings at the Belarus border
01:14 in 24 hours.
01:17 (whooshing)