Border guard peacetime capacities to counter armed diversionary operations carried out by external entities in the border zone of the Republic of Poland. Analysis and proposals

Abstract

The article focuses on the possibility of carrying out subversive actions in eastern Poland in the current geopolitical situation. For this purpose, the authors have explained the essence of the undertakings referred to as subversion and diversionary activities. The concept of a new genera-tion war of the Russian Federation and the establishment of the Russia’s Special Operations Forces have been briefly described. It also discusses pretexts to take sabotage actions in eastern Poland and identifies po-tential targets of these actions. A significant part of the article is devot-ed to the analysis of activities countering subversion on the eastern border of Poland. Moreover, the creation of a new formation, which would take over the tasks related to the protection and defense of the eastern Polish border, has been proposed.

Keywords

• subversion
• diversionary activities
• special operations
• Russia
• Ukraine
• BPC