All border crossings between Poland and Belarus were closed overnight on Sept. 12, ahead of the start of joint Russian-Belarusian military exercises, Polish news outlet Onet reported. Traffic across the border was suspended in both directions, including cars and cargo trains.

Poland has sent 40,000 troops to its eastern border with Belarus as it prepares for Russia and Belarus's huge spectacle of joint military drills, Zapad 2025

All border crossings between Poland and Belarus have been closed from midnight on Thursday 11 September until further notice. Traffic across the border in both directions has been suspended. Source: Polish news outlet onet.

Poland is deploying about 40,000 soldiers on the borders with Belarus and Russia amid rising tensions after the Russian drone attack on September 10, TVP World reported. It is expected that tens of thousands of servicemen will take part in the periodic joint Russian-Belarusian exercises Zapad-2025.

Russia and Belarus on Friday launched a long-planned joint military exercise involving thousands of troops that has raised concern in the West.

The Russia-Belarus exercises also have drawn worries in Kyiv and its Western allies of Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, which border Belarus. When Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops rolling into Ukraine on February 24,

Poland shut all border crossings with Belarus on the night of September 11. According to the Belarusian state news agency BelTA, Polish border guards rolled out barbed wire and set up metal barriers at the checkpoints.

We urge Warsaw to consider the consequences of such destructive steps and to review its decision as soon as possible,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement

Since September 12, Poland completely closed the border with Belarus. Traffic at checkpoints, including the passenger "Brest", stopped at midnight local time (1.00 am in Belarus) for an indefinite period of time.

On 11 September, the Polish Border Guard officially notified the State Border Committee of Belarus that the border checkpoints on the Belarusian-Polish border would be closed starting from 1:00 on, Belarusian time.

General Wiesław Kukuła, Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, has confirmed that the Polish side received information from Belarus about drones flying in its direction.