She appeared very upset on Monday Moscow on Poland’s decision to develop one tank battalion on the border with Belarus.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it is “another step towards escalation”.

“Definitely this is another step towards … escalation and nothing else,” Peskov told a news conference in Moscow, commenting on the announcement by Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blazczak on Saturday.

“The Belarusian authorities know what they have to do in such a situation to ensure the security of the country,” he added emphatically.

Also referring to allegations of “Ukrainian traces” in the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea, the Russian presidential spokesman said investigators should to pay attention to Kiev’s involvementwhich is mentioned more and more often in different sources.

“Ukrainian traces of this sabotage, this act of terrorism, are increasingly appearing in various reports, investigations, media reports,” he said, according to Anadolu.

Moscow is carefully studying all data related to the case and urges investigators to publicize the results of their research, to name culprits, intermediaries, perpetrators – all parties involved, Peskov emphasized.

Dmitry Peskov also welcomed the withdrawal of Russian citizens from the Gaza Strip and thanked all parties who made it possible. “We expect that the exit process of our citizens will continue and that all those willing to leave Gaza will be able to do so. “A lot must be done so that all who are willing leave Gaza,” he said.

About 70 Russian citizens, including 28 children, left the Gaza Strip through the Egyptian Rafah border crossing on Sunday.