Poland detains Russian army defector on Belarus border, officials say

Polish border officials said on Wednesday they had detained a defector from the Russian army on the frontier with Belarus.

The man had Russian military documents, wore plain clothes and was unarmed, Polish media reported.

“He is a 41-year-old man who illegally crossed the border from Belarus to Poland. Further actions are being taken against him,” the Border Guard said on social media platform X.

Reuters