The visit of the Prime Minister of Poland to the defense fortification project on the border with Russia

According to Isna, this trip by Donald Tusk, the Prime Minister of Poland, took place one month before his country took over the rotating presidency of the European Union and following the unprecedented escalation of tensions in Ukraine following the authorization given by the United States and England to Kiev to carry out attacks with Long-range missiles have been fired deep into Russian soil.

According to ABC News, Polish officials say that their priority during the country’s presidency of the European Union is to ask the Europeans to develop a defense capability on the eve of the change of government in the United States and the possible consequences of this change in European relations. to strengthen with Washington.

This year, the Polish government and army have implemented a project to strengthen defense fortifications on the country’s eastern border near Russia under the name of the “Eastern Shield” project; A project that includes the creation of defense systems along about 800 kilometers from the common border of Poland with Russia and Belarus at the same time that the Western authorities accuse Russia of waging a combined war against the West, including the implementation of sabotage, abuse of immigrants, dissemination of false information and other hostile actions. has launched

“The better Poland’s border is protected, the more difficult it is for forces with malicious intent to gain access,” Tusk said at a press conference near the village of Dabrówka, while standing in front of anti-tank barriers.

Poland has already announced that it will spend 4.7% of its GDP on the military budget next year, thus becoming one of the leaders of NATO in the field of military budget.

Donald Tusk has estimated that the strategic military project “Eastern Shield” will cost at least 2.5 billion dollars.

The Polish Prime Minister noted that he expects the Eastern Shield project to eventually expand and include the borders of the Baltic countries, including Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

“Everything we are doing here and will do later on the border with Belarus and Ukraine is aimed at deterring and discouraging a potential aggressor, and that’s why it’s really an investment in peace,” the Polish prime minister claimed. . “We will spend billions of zlotys on this project, but now the whole of Europe is watching these investments and will look at our actions with great satisfaction and support them if necessary.”

“I want Poles to feel more secure along the entire eastern border,” he continued.

He said that this defense fortification project is supposed to include Poland’s border with Ukraine, but did not elaborate.

During this project, 100 tank barriers will be built along with natural barriers such as ditches.

According to the Prime Minister of Poland, parts of this project cannot be seen with the naked eye, but it is considered the largest project of this type that has been implemented in Europe since the end of World War II.

The Eastern Shield project also includes the creation of threat identification and detection systems, frontline bases, logistics hubs, warehouses, and deployment of anti-drone systems.

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