Poland, Lithuania and Latvia consider triggering NATO's Article 4 over the Belarus border crisis

The official mentioned Belarus "bears responsibility for the crisis and the Lukashenko regime's use of migrants as a hybrid tactic is inhumane, illegal and unacceptable."

Polish border guards used loudspeakers on Monday to warn individuals at the Kuźnica-Bruzgi crossing that power could also be used in opposition to them if they do not comply with orders. The authorities additionally deployed a helicopter and a water cannon into the space, though the water cannon has not been used. A column of police autos has been seen approaching the border.

Zdanowicz mentioned there had been "forced mass attempts to cross the border" in the Kuznica space by a gaggle of 60 individuals on Sunday evening. Those who tried to cross behaved "aggressively," in line with the border guard service. They threw stones and branches at Polish border police, she mentioned, including that weapons had been being "pointed towards our servicemen" and a "flare gun" was fired in the direction of them.More individuals had been heading to the space on Monday. A CNN staff witnessed hundreds of individuals in the Bruzgi migrant camp in Belarus decide up their luggage and begin shifting in the direction of the Polish border on Monday morning. A rumor began circulating in the camp that the Polish authorities would possibly open the border and enable a humanitarian hall by way of to Germany. Poland has adamantly denied this and individuals amassed in the space have obtained textual content messages from Polish authorities saying the data was a "total lie and nonsense." The SMS message, additionally obtained by members of the CNN staff in the space, reads partly: "Poland won't let migrants pass to Germany. It will protect its border. Don't get fooled, don't try to take any action." Belarus' State Border Committee mentioned the individuals shifting in the direction of the border have "purely peaceful intentions," in line with Belarus state media BelTA."The refugees gathered warm clothes, tents, sleeping bags, hoping for a positive outcome of the situation. By noon, they self-organized into a large column and began to move towards the Bruzgi checkpoint," Anton Bychkovsky, the official consultant of the border committee, was quoted as saying.

"Today we are going to approve a new package of sanctions against Belarusian people responsible for what's happening ... and we are going to launch a framework in order to implement other sanctions to other people, airlines, travel agencies and everybody involved on this illegal push of migrants in our borders," he mentioned.

Borrell mentioned he spoke to the Belarusian overseas minister over the weekend, telling him "the situation on the border was completely unacceptable and that humanitarian help was needed."He mentioned the European Union is "at the time being not talking about military" being deployed.German overseas minister Heiko Maas warned that flyover rights and touchdown slots could possibly be denied to airways that proceed to move refugees to Minsk. Maas additionally praised Turkey for stopping additional move of individuals into Belarus. "All airlines should follow the example of Turkish Airlines and others and stand against Lukashenko's human trafficking business. There will be severe sanctions imposed on all of those who will not comply," Maas mentioned on Sunday.