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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James Gill people here don’t realize how close we are to going to war with Russia. Someone like you that understands the real danger should do a video telling the American people what’s really going on because mainstream media is busy with a massive coverup. YouTube can reach millions and fast. Putin sent out a warning last month but people don’t trust him because our gov knows how to make villains. Coming from an American will make all the difference in the world. If you decide to make a video post the link here so I can pass it around
No comment. Ha ha ha so funny
Invasion of Poland, exactly how WWII started.
That’s a lot of polocks!
People in Poland were murdering thousands of Germans living in former Prussia in 1939.
Germany invaded as a response.
Polish cavalry went head to head with the panzers and didn’t retreat despite the tank shells obliterating the horse and riders, they kept going.
Scary. Obama and the globalism pushers want war to destroy the US and Russia. They plan to fill the void with their cult of violence that has been working so well for them.
Damn Poland is between a rock and hard place.. on one side Russia while better than before still Russia.. on the other hand the UN and the one world government they promote
Just a matter of time New World Order
Robie Sr Robertson nailed it.
Hhhhmmmm. Interesting.