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Latest DispatchMay 20, 2026
Russia·John Hendricks·May 22, 2026
The Same Corridor
A Polish border guard looks east into Belarus at the Połowce-Pieszczatka crossing, January 16, 2025. Source: AP Photo / Lorne Cook.
Belarus turned its frontier into a multi-use pressure system. Migrants, tunnels, drones, balloons, and saboteurs are different payloads moving through the same operating space.
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