Karol Nawrocki and Adam Glapiński claim the plan would be more beneficial than the EU’s SAFE programme.
Karol Nawrocki and Adam Glapiński claim the plan would be more beneficial than the EU’s SAFE programme.
The opposition, with which President Nawrocki is aligned, has urged him to veto the bill.
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“Poland has delivered extraordinary support to Ukraine in the face of Russia’s further invasion,” says the US State Department.
Poland this week confirmed a deal that will see it acquire almost 1,000 tanks and over 600 howitzers from South Korea.
“I wish I had the kind of understanding within the EU as a whole that I see on the Spanish side,” said Mateusz Morawiecki.
“We must be a cohesive, armed and brave nation,” said Jarosław Kaczyński.
The Abrams tanks will help fill the gap left by Poland’s donation of T-72 tanks to Ukraine, says the defence minister.
Poland is planning to double the number of troops serving in the armed forces under a new national defence law.
Poland’s defence minister is in Washington for talks over buying attack helicopters, Patriot air defence systems, and other US equipment.
The agreement will see Poland received British CAMM missiles and launches in September, five years earlier than planned.
The new Homeland Defence Act will more than double the size of Poland’s armed forces.
Britain’s Sky Sabre air defence system was only unveiled last month, and will now be deployed to Poland.
Almost 1.8 million entries relating to the Polish armed forces equipment reportedly leaked online.
The new “law on homeland defence” will boost military spending and increase the size of the armed forces.