In normal times, few people inhabit the thick forests on the border between Poland and Belarus. But these are not normal times.
Today, thousands of economic migrants are camped out in freezing conditions, all determined to make it over the razor wire into the EU. Many are heading here to Britain.
In the skies above, Russian bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons have been circling. Nato has warned it is ready to step in to help Poland, a member nation.
In an ancillary development, there are fears that the Kremlin is planning to invade Ukraine, following its illegal seizure of Crimea…