Allied Putin, Libyan warlord General Chalifa Haftar, helps Kremlin trigger a fresh crisis on the east border of the EU, says the British portal "The Telegraph". This is indicated by data on a importantly increased number of flights from Benghazi to Minsk.
Here's the plan for a fresh migration crisis.
As "The Telegraph" writes about the case unofficially, EU officials are already speaking. It looks like a precisely planned puzzle. 1 of its elements is General Chalifa Haftar. It's a warlord who de facto controls east Libya. He was to start working with Vladimir Putin. 1 might say that it is not selfless, but, for example, military support that will aid him grow to another regions of Libya or the region.
The European Commission has noted an increase in flights between Benghazi in east Libya and Minsk, the capital of Belarus. Officials fishy that thousands of fresh refugees are being imported from Libya, who will be sent to the Belarusian-Polish border.
This may mean a repeat of the situation in the summertime of 2021, erstwhile tens of thousands of "immigrants" were given a strong incentive from Belarus to attack the border with Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. Today, there is no uncertainty that this was an effort by Russia to destabilise the EU.
"We monitor Minsk's last flights – Benghazi operated by Belavia Airlines. The frequency and nature of these flights, especially in the short term, rise questions about possible coordination or facilitating illegal migration flows," said the European Commission authoritative in an interview with The Telegraph.
The model of importing "immigrants" by aircraft has already been utilized by Belarusian services in the past. Migrants were to receive advice from Belarusian officials from camps on how to cross the border without being detected.
Worse still, everyone knows that these actions were carried out in agreement with Putin. Thus, attention was drawn from the forces gathered at the border with Ukraine before the invasion in February 2022.
What's in it for Haftar?
As Putin notes, "The Telegraph" has long made efforts to strengthen its presence in Libya since the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria. most likely any Russian forces and equipment were transferred from the Syrian port of Tartus to Libya.
Haftar himself last period organized a parade of his Libyan arabian Armed Forces. Hundreds of Russian armored vehicles and air defence systems were presented. It is besides known that Haftar controls a tiny army of smugglers of people operating from Libya.
