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| 2024-03-25 | |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum.] Poland intends to strengthen the presence of armed forces on its eastern borders. This was stated by the country's Minister of Defense Vladislav Kosinyak-Kamysh, the RAR agency reported. “We will strengthen the presence of the Polish army in Podlaskie, Lublin, Warmia-Masuria and Subcarpathian voivodeships, in all border voivodeships,” the head of the Ministry of Defense said. We are talking about borders with Russia (Kaliningrad region), Belarus, Lithuania and Ukraine. The Polish authorities will take such measures to support the border service. According to the minister, the constant presence of the army in the border areas is designed to deter potential opponents. The head of the department added that recently attempts to illegally cross the Polish border from Belarus have allegedly become more frequent. Kosiniak-Kamysh announced that the country's government will allocate 1 billion zlotys (about $250 million) to create the appropriate infrastructure to accommodate military personnel in border areas. As Regnum reported, on March 14, joint exercises of Polish and British military personnel took place at a military training ground in Polish Orzysz on the border with Kaliningrad. Exercise Steadfast Defender-24 - Dragon-24 tested the cooperation of Polish and British soldiers. A total of about 20 thousand military personnel and 3.5 thousand pieces of equipment from 10 NATO countries took part in them, including about 15 thousand Polish military personnel. Last summer, the Polish authorities strengthened control on the border with Belarus, including through the involvement of intelligence officers and the military. Such measures were taken against the backdrop of events with the Wagner PMC. In early July, Poland sent 500 police officers to the border with Belarus, explaining this by the tense situation. Less than a week later, another thousand troops and two hundred pieces of equipment were transferred there. Later, the general command of the Polish Armed Forces announced the deployment of snipers on the border with Belarus. On August 10, the country's Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak said that the Polish Armed Forces plan to station 10 thousand troops on the border with Belarus. Related from regnum.ru Khramchikhin: Polish military could have confused the drone with a Russian missile The object that was allegedly in Polish airspace on March 22 could have been a drone, not a missile. Warsaw did not specify what kind of ammunition we were talking about, did not provide evidence that it was a Russian object and that it actually flew over the country. Independent military expert Alexander Khramchikhin shared this assessment with a Regnum correspondent, commenting on Warsaw’s claim that a Russian missile violated Polish airspace on the morning of March 24. Poland's military leadership said on March 24 that a Russian cruise missile allegedly violated the country's airspace early in the morning. According to their version, it appeared over Polish territory in the area of the village of Oserdów, not far from the border with Ukraine, and left Polish airspace after 39 seconds. The expert noted that even if Warsaw can prove the fact of the flight, the short stay in Polish airspace of a Russian missile flying to its target on the territory of Ukraine, this does not mean that Moscow wanted to send any political signal to the Polish side. Moreover, the ammunition could not have flown over Poland at all, but only near its border with Ukraine. However, Warsaw’s strict anti-Russian course does not exclude provocative fiction regarding Moscow’s actions. “Theoretically, the rocket could deviate slightly from the given course. But if this happened, which is not a fact, then this is precisely a technical point that should not be given political significance. It’s not at all clear what kind of missile the Poles have in mind. Most likely, the Kh-55 is a long-range strategic air-launched cruise missile that is launched from an aircraft beyond the reach of enemy air defenses. It can maneuver at low altitude, skirting the terrain, which makes it much more difficult to intercept. Or maybe it wasn’t a missile at all, but a drone, and it cannot be ruled out that it was Ukrainian. After all, a drone is no different from a radar-mounted missile. It’s clear that the speed of movement is different, but in any case it’s easier for them to call it a rocket,” Khramchikhin commented. One way or another, the fact is that the Polish side did not even try to shoot down the object, which was identified in Warsaw as a Russian missile, the expert noted. And it’s not a fact that I could, even if I tried. The operational command of the Polish Armed Forces stated on March 24 that in the early morning the country's airspace was allegedly violated by one of the cruise missiles fired by long-range aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces. According to the Polish military, the missile entered their country's airspace in the area of the village of Oserdów, not far from the border with Ukraine. The object was over Polish territory for a total of 39 seconds. However, the Polish side did not provide confirmation of these statements. At the end of December 2023, as reported by Regnum, an unidentified object flying from Ukraine was also detected in Polish airspace. The combat interceptors did not have time to shoot down the target. The country's President Andrzej Duda held an urgent meeting with the generals in connection with the incident. Previously, air objects from Ukrainian territory had already flown into Polish airspace. In November 2022, a rocket fell near the village of Przewodów, killing two civilians. Initially, an attempt was made to blame Russia, but Polish Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro announced that the investigation had established that the missile belonged to Ukraine. And in April 2023, approximately 10 km from the Polish village of Zamosc, debris from an unidentified airborne military object was found in a forest. Local media reported that they found inscriptions in Russian, but no one provided evidence. Information about the wreckage was classified, saying that it could belong to the Polish Air Force.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A Russian cruise missile flew over NATO territory for 39 seconds overnight triggering a major alert amid fears over an escalation of the war in Ukraine. Allied war planes scrambled to 'ensure the security' of Polish airspace after the incursion at 4.23am local time. The Polish armed forces confirmed the incident in a statement on X, saying: 'There was a violation of Polish airspace by one of the cruise missiles launched overnight by long-range aviation of the Russian Federation. ‘The object entered Polish space near the town of Oserdow (Lublin Voivodeship) and stayed there for 39 seconds. During the entire flight, it was observed by military radar systems.' The military said the missile travelled about 1.2miles into Polish territory and that Polish and allied aircraft had been activated, but that the airspace over Poland was now safe. | |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #4 Actually I was refering to the "Trilogy" & Knights of the Cross |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-03-25 18:09 |
| #3 #2, Quo Vadis; yes, I have read this. I had forgotten author. Grom you sound well educated. A wink and a blink so to speak. |
| Posted by: Dale 2024-03-25 18:03 |
| #2 ^Too much Henryk Sienkiewicz. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-03-25 17:31 |
| #1 Poland has been itching for war. They believe they have the strongest military to confront Russia. The Macron fears at play here. Emotion rules over logic. |
| Posted by: Dale 2024-03-25 17:18 |