Russia’s president Vladimir Putin is determined to reconstruct what he considers the be the glory of the former Soviet Union, and so he has tipped his hand in several ways. He has taken parts of the Crimea, and his claim that parts of Ukrain are rightly Russian territory of Russia due to large Russian populations within certain Ukrainian areas were excuses to annex parts of the country. He is also venturing into the Middle East, though truly his desire is for European territory and pathways to the Baltic and Black Seas and easy transport of Russian natural gas to world markets.
Poland is a major prize, but the Polish still remember the suffering and servitude under the former Soviet Union, and they are determined to not let that happen again. To that end they are relying on NATO and also preparing internally to reject Russian efforts to carve out pieces of their country, and to put in to place internal military and paramilitary groups that can fend off Russian aggression and “infiltration,” at least until NATO support can arrive to help.
Paramilitary groups are to be formed in Poland to enhance its military capabilities as part of the preparations for a possible ‘hybrid war’ with Russia, the Defense Ministry said.
“The territorial defense force is our response to the threat associated with hybrid warfare,” said Polish Defense Ministry official Grzegorz Kwasniak, who is responsible for the creation of the new paramilitary group.
The new force will comprise 35,000 civilian volunteers that will undergo military training. Each Polish province will then receive one brigade of the territorial defense force, consisting of volunteer battalions, with the biggest and most populous Mazovia province getting two brigades.
The eastern Polish provinces of Podlachia, Lublin and Podkarpachie will have priority in deployment of the paramilitary units as they are deemed to be most exposed to the perceived Russian aggression.
“Enrollment of the first members of the territorial defense force will start in September,” Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz said on Thursday at a conference of paramilitary organizations in the northern Polish town of Ostroda, AFP reports. He also said the group’s command structure and senior appointments had already been decided in April, as reported by the Polish PAP news agency.
The personnel of the newly formed paramilitary units will receive a monthly payment amounting to 500 zlotys (€125), according to dpa.
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Vladimir Putin is the man.
War with Russia wouldn’t last a day!!
Putin would wipe them out.
Because there isn’t enough war and destruction and chaos from Isis and the Taliban in that area already, now Putin wants to pull a$#%&!@*and “rebuild Russia to its former glory” because they don’t have enough land as it is, this guy is gonna p**s everyone off and he’s gonna start world war 3, bad thing is, it seems like that’s exactly what he’s trying to do
Straight b******t
Russia will kill every one in Poland and Romania over that missile shield, they will nuke those country’s. It’s no fucking joke. And there is nothing anybody can do about it, nothing. Those B-52 will be shot down with s-300, s-400 missiles and there outdated junk will fall from the sky like garbage. And WW3.5 will begin. Western Europe will be over run in less then a week by Russian military. This is insanity.
People don’t realize that technology has been increasing at an increasing rate during the last 50 years. Nothing new has been unveiled that did not begin development in 1960 or earlier. The SR71 and stealth are VERY old tech. We have found ways to bend light waves, making objects invisible. I have a friend that worked on anti-gravity technology 30 years ago at General Dynamics. Don’t think for one second that if a real conflict breaks out that B52’s will have ANY involvement. This country realized many years ago the importance of air superiority, and understands the importance of space superiority. People have no idea what the capability is of high tech weapons continually being developed for over 50 years. It would be MIND BOGGLING, trust me.
Poland is preparing because any time someone wants to attack East or West the Allies invade Poland first.
And Putin is not some good guy people need to remember he was a former KGB agent.
Kevin he’s a traitor by bring in people from the middle east and not doing thorough investigation to weather they are tied to isis or any other terrorist groups. And by not doing a good enough job checking them for disease. Both problems could get Americans killed
I’d trade Obumbass for Putin every day of week.
Only because America won’t stop fucking with Russia. Really can’t blame him. He’s anti establishment, anti world government. This explains everything you need to know about why our idiot POTUS keeps poking the bear.