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Following Romania, this time, let's look at the situation on the Polish side.

Poland, which borders Ukraine, is also bordered by Belarus.

Belarus is a country close to Russia that opened the way for the Russian army to Ukraine, and has recently been increasing the deployment of troops and weapons in the border area.



Correspondent Im Sang-beom covered the Polish-Belarus border area.



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A station for Ukrainian refugees, a two-lane two-lane road that stretches northeast out of Psemisil, where American and Polish military vehicles come and go without a break.



Four hours of running between dense forests and barren plains.



Finally, you can see the border town of Buodava.



From the entrance of the village, there were only three checkpoints.



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Access is difficult because of the border with Belarus, a pro-Russian country.



The place where I am standing now is the so-called border triangle, which borders Poland, Ukraine and Belarus.



Of course, the place I'm standing on is Poland, right behind me is Belarus territory, and you see to the right, this is Ukraine territory.



[(Is a river a border?) There is a river here.

The river is the border.

This is Belarus.]



Mr. Zbysek, who has lived in the peaceful Buodava for 50 years, is focused on cutting wood.



It is because we do not know how long the war in Ukraine will last, so we have to stock up on firewood.



[Zbysek/Poland resident of Buodava: They are firewood used in the winter, but if this situation lasts longer, there will be a shortage of energy sources. No one knows how long the situation will last, so prepare enough in advance.] I



hear from Belarus across the border from time to time.

The gunfire is unusual.



[Zbisek/Poland Buodava residents: It is about 3km to the border.

This is Belarus, and that one is Ukraine.

The joint base of the Russian and Belarusian forces is about 30 km away from here, and they do military training several times a day.]



In front of Mr. Zbysek's house.



It looks like an ordinary vacant lot, but there is a secret place hidden here.



I'll show you one.



The bomb shelter dug under 30cm thick concrete seems to be resistant to any shells.



[Zbisek/Poland Buodava residents: The interior space is this wide.

A large number of people from 15 to 20 people can fit in.

Because it's underground, you can safely hide for a long time.]



At the end of World War II, the area was pushed over by the Soviet Army, so the fear of war felt by the residents is extraordinary.



Anna, who has four children in elementary and middle school, visits her children's school several times a day.



[Anna / Resident of Buodava, Poland: I am trying to bring my children to school in time for school because I do not know what will happen to them in a situation like this.]



If the negotiations between Ukraine and Russia finally break down and lead to expansion of the front, the pro-Russian state Belarus Because the aftermath could hit Poland right after that.



Some in the West, including the United States, are raising the prospect that Belarus will fight together on the Russian side in the near future.



The twilight slowly descends on the tense border.



(Video coverage: Kim Hak-mo, Lee Jun-seong, video editing: Jeon Min-gyu, local code: Kwon Young-kwan)



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