According to the Bundeswehr’s current plans, the German Patriot air defense system will be withdrawn from Polish territory in June. A spokesman for the German Defense Ministry explained the decision by saying: “Berlin is trying to make the best use of its limited military resources.”
Countries have been informed of the plans
– said a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, quoted by media group Funke on Friday.
The stationing of patriots in Poland should end in June, while in Slovakia by the end of the year, the spokesman added.
Reuters recalls that Germany sent the first Patriot units to Poland in January, while they arrived in Slovakia from NATO partner countries in March last year, shortly after the start of the war in Ukraine, to strengthen the defense of the Alliance’s eastern flank. strengthen.
The German dpa quotes the chairman of the German Defense Commission, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, as saying in a statement to the Funke group: “Missions must be constantly monitored and evaluated.”
If the situation allows it, then the change makes sense
she said, adding, “we need flexibility because we don’t have infinite equipment.”
The proposal to deploy the German patriots in Poland was put forward by Germany after the fall of the rocket in the border town of Przewodów on November 15 last year.
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Source: wPolityce