WARSAW, Poland ( AP )– Poland is investing about$ 2.5 billion to step up security and deterrence on its border with Russia and its ally Belarus, the prime minister said Saturday.
According to Donald Tusk, work on the Shield-East initiative, which includes developing effective military fortifications, has already begun. Poland is on the northeast side of NATO and the European Union, and Tusk emphasized that it carries a different level of responsibility for Europe’s protection.
” We have taken the decision to invest into our safety and first of all, into a safe eastern border, some 10 billion zlotys ($ 2.5 billion )”, Tusk said.
We are beginning a fantastic project that will involve the building of a secure border, including a system of fortifications, the shaping of the terrain, and climate choices that will make this border impenetrable by a potential enemy, according to Tusk.
” We have begun these functions, to produce Poland’s border a healthy one in times of peace, and opaque for an army in times of war”, he added.
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He addressed Polish army in Krakow, in the north of Poland, to mark the Allied victory at the World War II Battle of Monte Cassino.
The previous right-wing government of Poland built a$ 400 million wall along Belarus ‘ border to stop the country’s massive immigration from which it began to flow in 2021, but the current pro-EU government claims that it needs to be strengthened.
Poland is a staunch supporter of Ukraine in its protective warfare against Russia’s invasion.
