Prime Minister: Poland and NATO are mating. It is important that allies and opponents know this

It is very important that potential opponents and all allies see that we are prepared for actions; The world must see how NATO and Poland are prepared for various scenarios – emphasized Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who watched military exercises at the training ground in Ustka on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, Tusk together with the deputy prime minister, head of the Ministry of National Defense Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz and military commanders in Ustka at the central airplane training ground, watched military exercises, including The first combat shooting from the Patriot air defense system purchased for the Polish army.

Tusk emphasized that exercises in Ustka are an element of wide military exercises “Iron Defender”, which has been going on from the beginning of September throughout the country. He emphasized that the “iron defender” is a response to the currently ongoing Belarusian-Russian maneuvers “Zapad-25”.

It is very important in these difficult and critical times that the world can see NATO and Poland are prepared for various scenarios and various threats – said Tusk. As he said, a total of tens of thousands of soldiers participate in Polish exercises; Only on Tuesday, he noted that there were 18 thousand at maneuver. soldiers.

Tusk emphasized that Poles, alongside allies, are also currently taking part in maneuvers in Lithuania and Latvia, as well as Swedish Gotland. – we all work for defense skills; These exercises are defensive and are responding to aggressive maneuvers on the other side of the border – he emphasized.

– For us, it is very important that potential opponents and all allies see that we are prepared for actions, and at this highest degree of technical complication – said the head of government.

@Prremierrp @donaldtusk and Deputy Prime Minister W. @Kosiniakkamysz They observe the training of system combined fire support PK. Autumn Fire-25. pic.twitter.com/dpxtmipdrm

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The head of the Ministry of National Defense: To be on the podium in operational skills, exercises are needed, such as in Ustka

Kosiniak -Kamysz – who together with Tusk watched exercises in Ustka – he emphasized at a joint conference with the head of government that for the first time in the history of Poland Polish exercises were planned with the use of Patriot systems. He noted that – in addition to the Patriot system – exercises were planned at the training ground in Ustka with the use of rocket sets Homar -A, Homar -K, K9 self -propelled departments, armatohaubic crab and Abrams tanks.

The deputy prime minister pointed out that Poland has a third largest army in NATO, but “to be on the podium in operational skills, exercises are needed as today in Ustka.” – We are building multilayer air defense. We start with this very short range, Pilica Plus, later the Narew program and finally the Wisła program, two phases – he calculated.

Kosiniak-Kamysz noticed that the “iron defender” was attended by both land troops, air forces, navy, territorial defense and special army.

– This is protected by the Military Police with the participation of the Military Intelligence and Counterintelligence Service. All units are involved, but this does not change the operations we conduct – he noted. In this context, he mentioned the Safe Podlasie surgery, a safe bay, Baltic Sentry and the eastern aurora.

Mentioning the violation of the airspace of NATO countries, including Poland, by Drona, Kosiniak -Kamysz, emphasized that “all these activities are carried out from one direction – it is the Russian Federation who is responsible for drones sent to Poland a week ago.”

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