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The Polish Border Guard stated that a few days ago shots were fired for the first time from the territory of Belarus; a service car was damaged, and it is not known for certain which weapon was used.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

glad to see [email protected] is already spreading everywhere on Lemmy 🤣

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Caution: The English article uses the word bullet which is misleading.

Source article partial translation:

For now, it is unknown who or what fired at the Polish officers. What is known is that it was an object that hit the border guard vehicle with great force. As Col. Arkadiusz Tywoniuk of the border guards conveyed, "The speed and kinetic energy were significant".

I don't know if it was fired from some kind of air weapon. In any case, the object pierced the vehicle's side window, flew out the other side, and pierced another window. I emphasize that two officers were seated in the vehicle, also risked endangering their life and health," he pointed out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Breaking! The weapon has been found! /s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

“The speed and kinetic energy were significant”

I suspect a Weihnachtsbaumwerfer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5kwnis6nXc

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 1 points 2 years ago

Not great, not terrible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

The border guard added that stones are thrown at the patrol almost daily.

Great neighbors.