“It must become a habit, a tradition, that every healthy man in Poland should want to train to defend the homeland,” said Donald Tusk.

“It must become a habit, a tradition, that every healthy man in Poland should want to train to defend the homeland,” said Donald Tusk.
Anyone caught stealing from victims of the disaster “will be severely punished”, says the defence minister.
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The move is part of a wider NATO decision to suspend operation of the treaty in response to Russia’s decision to withdraw from it last year.
Both incidents are being investigated by military police.
Poles’ trust in all institutions has declined since last year, with the police seeing the largest fall.
The arrival of Wagner forces in Belarus “could mark a new phase of hybrid warfare”, says Jarosław Kaczyński.
The soldier’s attorney has urged the ministry not to appeal the decision and cause the veteran “further suffering”.
Poland’s efforts to ramp up ammunition production this week received EU backing.
“We have been for years for this word ‘permanent’, and it has now become fact,” says Poland’s defence minister.
The Russian spy network monitored arms shipments going through Poland to Ukraine and was also preparing actions to “paralyse” such deliveries.
The government says the acquisition may be the Polish arms industry’s largest contract in 50 years.
“A major reinforcement of Poland’s artillery is getting closer,” said Poland’s defence minister after the US agreed to sell almost 500 rocket launchers.
NATO’s current largest relative defence spenders are Greece (3.76%) and the United States (3.47%).
There were almost 14,000 new recruits, though also a higher-than-expected number of departures.