2025-11-20 20:09
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2025-11-20 20:09
President Karol Nawrocki signed a decision on the use of units and subunits of the Polish Armed Forces to assist the Police as part of Operation Horizon, said president's spokesman Rafał Leśkiewicz. The soldiers will support police officers, among others: in the protection of strategic railway lines.
Operation Horizon was announced by the Ministry of National Defence, the Ministry of Interior and Administration and the General Staff of the Polish Army on Wednesday, after acts of sabotage occurred on the railway last weekend, including on the strategic line connecting Warsaw with the Ukrainian border in Dorohusk.
Rafał Leśkiewicz, spokesman for President Nawrocki, announced the signing of the application on Thursday in a post on X.
“The President of the Republic of Poland signed the Resolution on the use of units and subunits of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland to assist units and subunits of the Police as part of Operation Horizon,” he wrote.
As announced, after the president issued the decision Operation Horizon will be able to start de facto just after midnight on Friday, November 21.
The operation will be managed by the Operational Command of the Branches of the Armed Forces (DORSZ), which will have the maximum amount of resources at its disposal 10 thousand soldiers from various types of troops – including the Territorial Defense Forces, Special Forces, Cyberspace Defense Forces, as well as engineering and drone troops. Depending on the situation it Operational Command will decide where and what forces to deploy.
Assumptions of the “Horizont” campaign
On Wednesday, the head of the Ministry of National Defense, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, together with the head of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, Marcin Kierwiński, and the head of the General Staff of the Polish Army, General Wiesław Kukuła, presented the assumptions of Operation Horizon. Her target will be activities for security, protection of critical infrastructure, joint patrolling and cooperation of all state services in order to counteract acts of sabotage and increase the level of security of Polish citizens. Up to 10,000 people are expected to undergo surgery. soldiers of the Polish Army.
Gen. Wiesław Kukuła emphasized that the operation will be carried out by separate forces and resources of the Polish Army, from all types of armed forces and from the Cyberspace Component Command. The operation is to be carried out in particular near and on communication lines, airports and other critical infrastructure facilities selected by the Operational Command of the Armed Forces, the Military Counterintelligence Service, the Internal Security Agency and the police. Activities will continue until further notice
The spokesman for the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, Col. Marek Pietrzak, in an interview with PAP, pointed out that the start of the operation does not mean that thousands of armed soldiers will appear at railway stations and other places near the railway from Friday. As he explained, the mission was designed in such a way as to be performed as effectively as possible and with the least involvement of soldiers. This includes: o point action – that is, assigning troops to monitor those places that are considered by the Internal Security Agency to be exceptionally sensitive, or other services to be exceptionally susceptible, or responding on an ongoing basis to reports from services about possible threats.
However, the participation of the army in the mission is crucial – pointed out Col. Pietrzak – among others. due to unique reconnaissance capabilities, such as access to advanced drones, which the army has and not other services have. (PAP)
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