Poland will build 199 km wire mesh fence with Russia

According to a report on the website of Russia's "Izvestia" on the 10th, the Polish border defense department signed a contract to build a 199-kilometer-long electronic barrier on the Russian-Polish border. According to the report, the department’s official website announced on the 9th that it had signed a contract worth 82 million U.S. dollars with TELBUD.
 

Screenshot of the news released by the official website of the Polish border defense department.
 

According to the Russian satellite agency, the news released by the Polish border defense department shows that the headquarters of TELBUD is located in the Polish city of Poznan. Affects, sensors that continuously collect, process and transmit information.

 

The report also introduced that the electronic barrier will cover (Poland) the land area bordering the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad Oblast, except in the Polish Vistula Spit, where electronic systems have already been installed. The Polish border guard also said that the erection of the electronic barrier will help identify criminal incidents at the border, including illegal immigration and smuggled goods.

 

The wire mesh fence built by Poland on the border with Belarus. Source: Foreign Media

 

According to previous reports, Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Bwaschak said on November 2 this year that the construction of temporary fences will start immediately on the border between Poland and Russia. This will be 2.5 meters high and 3 meters wide. of three rows of barbed wire. According to a report by the Russian "Kommersant" on November 3, the border between Poland and Russia in this area is about 210 kilometers long. Poland will equip the fence with cameras, sensors and thermal imagers, at an estimated cost of 354 million zlotys (1 zloty is about 1.5 yuan). In addition, Poland has spent 1.6 billion zlotys to build a steel fence about 186 kilometers long in most parts of the border with Belarus. Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on the matter. Some in Poland objected that the high cost of the facility made no sense. According to reports, Poland is not the first EU country to prepare to build defenses on its border with Russia. Earlier, Finland and Estonia also said they planned to build a wall or fence along the border with Russia.