Locating the facility in Poland would help ensure its security, says a deputy defence minister.
Locating the facility in Poland would help ensure its security, says a deputy defence minister.
The opposition has criticised the government for giving the missiles to Ukraine.
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Poland is the first of America’s allies to fully operationalise the system.
“We are doing this to protect NATO, defend Ukraine and deter Russia,” said the Dutch defence minister.
“Together with our Polish friends, we will also secure NATO airspace,” said Germany’s defence minister.
The deal shows that “Poland is among those countries in Europe that have the greatest trust from the United States”, says the defence minister.
A deputy defence minister assures that Patriot air defence systems will continue to “defend the Polish sky”.
“By then, we will be ready to replace them with Polish Patriots,” says Poland’s defence minister.
Several hundred personnel from the Bundeswehr, Germany’s armed forces, will be based in the Lublin region of eastern Poland.
Berlin has also offered Eurofighters to help patrol Polish airspace.