Multicoloured varnishes, glue, glitter, stones, rhinestones and even feathers - these are the materials that are used every year to decorate hand-made Christmas tree baubles in the factory in Piotrków Trybunalski, central Poland.

A hybrid operation against Poland has turned into a creeping conflict; the number of attacks is decreasing, but the Belarusian services are still destabilising the Polish border,” said the spokesman of the minister-coordinator of special services, Stanisław Żaryn.