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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Nostradamus predicted many things and one was of a third world war but in this war their will be no winners or losers their will b nothing left to win or lose the bomb will have the last word ..
Benjamin Mccallen, read The Rise and Fall of the Holy Roman Empire. I have studied history for over 70 years and prophecy for 63 years. Europe and America are the trouble makers. I you are truly interested in the truth and reality, see: http://www.revelationmystery.com. Ignore the lies from our government and biased media.
Good plan teach unconventional warfare and arm them with lots of fire and forget anti air and tank weapons…
We never really aided Poland. Funny how ww2 was considered to have really started when Britian and France declared war on Germany, in defense of Poland. But the Soviets also invaded Poland as well. Britian didn’t declare war on them, and understandably so, considering they were having a hard enough time against Germany. So eventually America gets involved to knock out Japan, and speed up$#%&!@*s defeat. But in the end, Britian’s whole reason for going to war…the defense of Poland-means nothing considering it all fell to the Soviets at the end of the war
Putin can go f*** himself with a chain saw for all I care. Yes, he cares about his country, but he is an old school soviet (minus the communism) and would gladly grease the entire North American continent if he thought it would restore the old Soviet empire.
What are they thinking Kevin Hodges?
We aided all of the region by killing$#%&!@*and defeating Germany.
Next they will want Alaska.
Did they finally learn to drive those septic tanks they ordered?
Indeed. It’s all based on insanity. Of course, Poland has no intention of being subjugated as vassals of Russian hegemony again. Who could blame them? The Soviet era was not agreeable to the Poles, though they benefited greatly. The West does not interpret Putin rightly. Crimea was not annexed but joined the Russian federation by popular vote (95% of Crimeans being ethnic Russians, and Ukraine having areas of large Russian minorities). It is the Russian minorities in Ukraine with the help of Western mercenaries that have continued to stir up trouble in the region. Putin’s strategy in the Middle East is not based solely on economic reasons. The real reasons don’t matter though . . . this is all just rotten.