Migrant smuggling tunnels found under the Polish border with Belarus, 2025
Reportedon one origin only: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party.
The dataset records four tunnels found leading from Belarus into Poland to smuggle migrants, which it treats as part of a hybrid campaign; Polskie Radio reported the fourth tunnel. It codes the incident as disruptive immigration, apparent goal disrupt daily life, target border, location Poland; the dataset records it as running from September 2025 to 2025-12-31, and the date shown is the start of that period. The Leiden dataset includes incidents linked to Russia by officials, incidents fitting a pattern of officially suspected attacks, or incidents backed by journalistic evidence, and its authors call the data speculative and subject to change.
- When
- 1 September 2025
- Where
- Poland-Belarus border, Poland
- What
- other
- Acting party
- Government of Russia
- Attribution
- Attributed by independent sources. Listed as a Russian operation in the Leiden University Russian Operations Against Europe dataset; the dataset and the source it cites link the incident to Russia.
- In the record
- Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · leiden
Sources
- Evidence Leiden University, Russian Operations Against Europe dataset
- Evidence Polskie Radio
History
| When | Field | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC | status | null | reported | P1 leiden: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule |
Cite or reuse
The War Record, "Migrant smuggling tunnels found under the Polish border with Belarus, 2025", ev-20261027-jvxc, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261027-jvxc/