“The reconstruction of the Polish armed forces is a necessity, because the politicians of the current opposition, who previously ruled, disarmed Poland, reduced the Polish army, state assets minister Jacek Sasin said on Sunday at a military picnic in Hajnówka (Podlaskie). voivodeship).
The reconstruction of the Polish Armed Forces is a necessity, because after many years of rule from our competitors, we have taken over a small Polish army, without modern equipment, without any real basis for financing and strengthening its potential
said Sasin. He added that the PiS government has taken many measures to change this, because previously the politicians of the current opposition – as he said – “disarmed Poland, reduced the Polish army”.
Sasin stressed in Hajnówka, near the border with Belarus, that the current government is determined to defend the Polish border. He said Belarus has become “a starting point for provocations against Poland, a starting point for actions that should destabilize our internal situation, create confusion, intimidate us”, Belarus is “Putin’s puppet”.
We will not be intimidated
But we will not be intimidated, because we have an effective response to these actions
– added.
Jacek Sasin said that most of the military equipment that goes to the Polish army is produced in Poland and as a minister overseeing the Polish defense industry, he is proud of that. He emphasized that this equipment is supplemented by purchases from abroad. He said preparations for “mass production” in Poland of the K2 tank, which is currently being purchased in Korea, are underway. As he said, the Board of Directors of the Polish Armaments Group is responsible for these preparations.
We will not deviate from this path. For us, the safety of Poland and Poland is the most important thing. Today, in these times in which we live, we must give great importance to security
said Sasin.
We never leave you alone
– he told the residents of Hajnówka, adding that there will always be an army in the east of Poland, and that the current government is guided by the interests of Poland in its actions.
New military units are being created in Podlasie for the needs of the emerging 1st Legions Infantry Division. Deputy Minister of National Defense Michał Wiśniewski, who was present at the picnic in Hajnówka, told journalists that the construction site for the unit in Czartajewo near Siemiatycze will be handed over to the contractor in the coming days and that a contract for this construction has already been signed . drawn. He recalled that such a unit has already been established in Kolno – soldiers are already serving there – in three months there will be a unit in Wojewodzin near Grajewo.
Polish troops festival
On Friday, the head of the Ministry of National Defense, Mariusz Błaszczak, announced the creation of a unit in Czarna Białostocka. Wiśniewski said that a modular container unit will be built in this city on an area of about 50 hectares of former military warehouses acquired from the state forests. Soldiers will be trained there. In Augustów, the former building of the Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) was taken over for the unit, where adaptation works are underway and the area in the Lipowiec district is being modified so that the tender for the construction of a modular container unit can start. A sapper battalion will be established in Augustów. The deputy head of the Ministry of National Defense announced that each of these new units will have about 700 soldiers.
Minister Jacek Sasin said that the military picnics organized across the country on the occasion of the Day of the Polish Army – such as in Hajnówka – are aimed at convincing the inhabitants that “Poland today is a safe country that has developed its defense potential reinforced to deter potential aggressors.” .
To show in these difficult times that we are a strong country, a country capable of effectively defending its border, effectively defending its territorial integrity, effectively defending our security, effectively defending its citizens, who today can calmly are, because they guard their safety and their families stand with the Polish army
said Sasin during the picnic. He added that this army is getting bigger and better equipped.
During the picnic, the latest military equipment was presented and people were encouraged to join the army.
Minister Błaszczak: We are increasing the army. Unprecedented modernization, purchase of state-of-the-art equipment
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Source: wPolityce
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