“Units were disbanded until 2015. 629 organizational units of the Polish army were disbanded during the PO-PSL coalition, especially in the east, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense Mariusz Błaszczak said on radio Jedynka.
Polish weapons work well in Ukraine
When asked how the Polish army changed a year after Russia’s attack on Ukraine, the minister pointed to the purchase of weapons and equipment, as well as increasing the size of the army.
We draw from Ukrainian experience, we know, for example, that Polish weapons work well, how Ukrainian Krab howitzers stop Russian attacks, that Pioruny, Groty
Blaszczak said.
Today I sign a contract for the order of another 80,000. Cave carbines
– added.
These are not the only purchases. The head of the Ministry of National Defense also announced that Poland would sign an agreement on Borsuk infantry fighting vehicles next week and that HIMARS would be delivered to the Polish army later this year. The guest of radio Jedynka emphasized that the HIMARS launchers were ordered in 2019.
It is important to show this perspective that we have been consistently strengthening the Polish military since 2015, when Law and Justice won the elections, when Andrzej Duda became president
he explained.
Units were disbanded until 2015. 629 organizational units of the Polish Army were disbanded during the PO-PSL coalition, especially in the east
– added Mariusz Blaszczak.
Increasing the size of the army
We are building a strong Polish army. When Law and Justice took over the government in 2015, the WP had 95,000. Today we have 165,000 people under arms, including WOT soldiers. – It is very important
said the politician.
More than 3,000 soldiers began training as part of the voluntary service. The experience of the past year tells us that 3/4 of these people will become professional soldiers. Everyone will take an oath. Anyone who does not become a professional soldier is trained as a reservist who knows how to behave in a crisis situation
he assured.
We are also modernizing the equipment of the Polish Armed Forces, we are moving away from post-Soviet equipment in almost all types of armed forces. We created the Cyberspace Defense Forces, which are also extremely important to security in the 21st century
– emphasized the guest from radio One.
Hybrid attack on the Polish-Belarusian border
The deputy prime minister pointed out that attacks on the Polish army are still ongoing. In this context, he recalled the hybrid attack by the Belarusian dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenko (possibly with the support of the Russian satrap Vladimir Putin) on the borders of European countries, including Poland.
The media, which has ties to the opposition, does not stop attacking. For example, soldiers of the Polish army were attacked, celebrities joined in when the soldiers of the Polish Armed Forces supported the border guard and repelled the hybrid attack of the Lukashenko regime
Blaszczak said.
This was undoubtedly part of the plan written in the Kremlin. It was about the destabilization of Poland, it was about the collapse of the Polish authorities that support Ukraine, not to support Ukraine in this way, to cut Ukraine off from support from the West
– added the Minister of National Defense.
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Source: wPolityce