“I trust General Tomasz Piotrowski; is the operational commander of the branches of the armed forces and there are no reasons to speculate about his resignation,” emphasized Deputy Minister of National Defense Marcin Ociepa on TVN24.
The deputy head of the Ministry of National Defense, president of the OdNowa association, was a guest on the program “One for One” on TVN24. During the conversation, he was asked why General Tomasz Piotrowski is still the operational commander of the Polish Armed Forces. According to the statement of Deputy Prime Minister Mariusz Błaszczak, the general did not inform him “or the relevant services” about the missile, the remains of which were found near Bydgoszcz in April.
Consistency of the message
No decision has yet been made on his dismissal. Today General Piotrowski is the operational commander of the Armed Forces and there is no reason to speculate about his resignation
observed Ociepa.
The fact that each of our generals is subject to the strict scrutiny of his superiors is the norm and should be the norm in a democratic state. However, if there are decisions about staff relocations, they will be announced. Today we are working as one team to avoid mistakes in the future and continue to strengthen the security of the Republic of Poland
– emphasized the Deputy Minister of Defense.
He added that he had confidence in General Piotrowski.
Marcin Ociepa was also questioned about his earlier words when he stated that the missile whose remains were found near Bydgoszcz was not aimed at Poland.
We know because we know what kind of missile fell. Today, procedures are underway that will finally allow us to draw conclusions from what happened. As for the legalistic approach, the case will be handled by the prosecutor’s office, which will conclude the investigation with conclusions
he pointed it out.
Today, however, as the Ministry of National Defense, we can put forward certain hypotheses through our military institutes. Different scenarios have to be taken into account, but today the most likely version is correct that it was a missile that was launched and was intended to confuse Ukraine’s missile defenses as part of the whole big attack aimed at Ukraine.
he explained.
And somewhere out there, like the rocket in Przewodów, she deviated from this course. Because of the type of mechanism installed there, we know that it was not a self-destructive missile
Oppa added.
Did the procedures work?
At the end of April, the Ministry of National Defense announced that the remains of an unidentified military facility had been found near the town of Zamość, about 15 km from Bydgoszcz. A random person ran into him in the woods. The Gdańsk district prosecutor’s office launched an investigation into the case, which was taken over by the prosecutor’s office in mid-May.
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On May 11, the head of the Ministry of National Defense stated that “procedures and response mechanisms related to the object found near Bydgoszcz were working properly up to the level of the Operation Commander; he did not inform me or the relevant services about the object that appeared in Polish airspace – Błaszczak said.
The head of the Ministry of National Defense revealed that the Air Operations Center – Air Component Command, reporting to the Operation Commander, entered on December 16 last year. from the Ukrainian side, information about an “object that could be a missile” approaching Poland.
Responding to the words of the head of the Ministry of National Defense, General Tomasz Piotrowski appealed “for reasons, that in the coming days we weigh our emotions very heavily, that we are reasonable in what we do, that we do not feed a very ambitious and aggressive opponent, let’s not divide into groups”.
The Ministry of National Defense has communicated that President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Morawiecki have received a report on the control of the operation of the air defense system of the Republic of Poland. As stated, the conclusions clearly indicate the negligence of the Operational Commander of the Armed Forces.
Last week, the head of the presidential office, Paweł Szrot, announced that the warhead of the missile that fell near Bydgoszcz had been found; it is built – in accordance with Russian technological thinking – of concrete.
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Source: wPolityce