Poland is investing £2billion to bolster the defence on its eastern border amid growing tensions with Russia and Belarus.
The Shield-East project was announced today by Polish prime minister Donald Tusk.
Poland will be investing 10billion zloty (£2.01billion) in the major project that will include a system of fortifications as well as landscaping to make it ‘impossible’ for a potential enemy to cross.
It is the latest example of Warsaw ramping up its defences after accusing Moscow and Minsk of attempting to destabilise Poland.
Mr Tusk told a news conference: ‘We have decided to invest 10 billion zlotys in our security, and above all in a secure eastern border.
The Shield-East project was announced today by Polish prime minister Donald Tusk. Donald Tusk (left) during a visit to the border with Belarus in Ozierany Wielkie, eastern Poland
Poland casinos online is on the eastern flank of Nato and of the European Union and Mr Tusk stressed it bears additional responsibility for Europe’s security. Polish Army soldiers take part in a Lithuanian-Polish military exercise
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‘We are starting a major project to build a secure border, including a system of fortifications as well as landscaping and environmental decisions that will make this border impossible to pass for a potential enemy.’
Poland is on the eastern flank of Nato and casinos online real money play of the European Union and Mr Tusk stressed it bears additional responsibility for Europe’s security.
He was addressing Polish troops in Krakow, in the south, to mark 80 years since the allied victory in the Battle of Monte Cassino against the Nazis, during the Second World War.
Poland’s previous government built a wall on the border with Belarus to halt the massive inflow of migrants that began to be pushed from that direction in 2021, but the current pro-EU government says it needs to be strengthened.
Poland is a staunch ally of Ukraine in its defensive war against Russia’s invasion.
It comes after Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov warned in an interview with the TASS news agency that security guarantees which Russia had sought and discussed with the West in 2021 were no longer relevant and that Moscow had no trust in the NATO military alliance.
‘(NATO) continues the manic advance of the alliance towards new frontiers… they are literally ready to balance on the brink of a direct armed conflict with us,’ he said.
Russian troops continue to seize territory in eastern Ukraine, forcing thousands in Kharkiv to flee their homes after Moscow launched another ground invasion in the region. Pictured, Russian president Vladimir Putin
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk delivers a speech as he takes part in the 80th Anniversary of Monte online casino free bonus no deposit canada Battle together with memebers of the Polish armed forces at the Main Square in Krakow
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‘We warn that they are playing with fire. (The US) have long been in a state of proxy war with the Russian Federation.
‘They somehow cannot understand that they are approaching a phase when it will be very difficult to manage what is happening and a landslide crisis.
‘Diplomacy in this direction is working, I would say, in crisis management mode and in… preventing a slide to a really large-scale conflict,’ he concluded.
The comments yesterday came just hours after the speaker of Russia’s lower house of parliament yesterday warned that Ukraine was ‘dragging the United States and Europe’ into a major global war, urging Western leaders to act responsibly to avoid a catastrophe.
Meanwhile, Russian troops continue to seize territory in eastern Ukraine, forcing thousands in Kharkiv to flee their homes after Moscow launched another ground invasion in the region.
‘The Kyiv regime is dragging the United States and European countries into a big war,’ said Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of the State Duma, who is a close ally of Putin’s and a member of Russia’s Security Council.
He said that Ukrainian lawmakers were trying to convince the United States to allow Kyiv to use US-supplied weapons to strike Russian territory.
‘This path leads to a tragedy that can affect all of humanity,’ Volodin said. ‘Western politicians need to realise their responsibility and do everything to avoid bringing the situation to a global catastrophe.’
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