Russian Foreign Ministry Refutes Polish President Duda's Accusations Over Migration Border Crisis

The situation on the Belarus-Poland border has been escalating over the past several weeks, with thousands of migrants trying to cross into the European Union.

Russia has denied claims made by Polish President Andrzej Duda related to the crisis on the nation's eastern border. The Russian Foreign Ministry stressed on Wednesday that his accusations against Moscow are completely false, and beyond the pale.

"What we hear from Warsaw is, of course, very surprising. In my opinion, it goes beyond all possible boundaries of decency and common sense. I'm talking about accusations against our country and assessments of the situation [on the border] in general. ...It's impossible to lie just like that", Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated.

Polish border guards watch a refugee camp behind barbed wire installed on the border between Belarus and Poland near the village of Usnarz Dolny, Belarus

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In recent months, Poland, Latvia, and Lithuania have reported an increase in the number of people trying to illegally cross the border from Belarus, accusing Minsk of using migrants as a "hybrid weapon" against the EU. Belarus denied all the allegations, saying it could no longer suppress migration due to a lack of resources caused by the European sanctions against Minsk.