10.07.2024.
17:25
The general ordered: Prepare for a great war
Poland must prepare its soldiers for a "large-scale conflict", said the Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces.
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General Vislav Kukula announced that the number of soldiers on the country's eastern border will increase from 6,000 to 8,000 by August.
"Today we have to prepare our forces for a full-scale conflict, not an asymmetric type conflict," General Kukula said.
In May, Poland announced details of "Eastern Shield," a $2.5 billion program to strengthen defenses along its border with Belarus and Russia. Belarus and China held military exercises near the Polish border yesterday.
The border with Belarus has also been a flashpoint since migrants began arriving there in 2021.
Belarus has opened travel agencies in the Middle East, offering a new unofficial route to Europe.
The European Union responded that Minsk's move was deliberately designed to create a crisis.
At the end of last year, the Polish armed forces had about 190,000 members. They plan to increase this number to 300,000 within a few years.
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