WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland observed more drone activity near its border with Belarus during the night, the government said on Thursday, after closing the frontier ahead of Minsk’s military drills with ally Russia.

NATO alliance and EU member Poland’s concerns about the “Zapad” (West) war games were reinforced when some 21 Russian drones entered its airspace on the night of September 9-10.

Asked why the border was still closed given that the Zapad exercises had finished, Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski said Poland would reopen it when safe to do so.

“Last night the Border Guard observed increased activity by Belarusian and Russian drones attempting to cross Polish airspace,” he said. “It’s clear that the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border remains very, very tense.”

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