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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Anthony R Mavigliano
You don’t get to live forever….but you can use your life to better future generations….and educate them…many have died so you could be free….why would you throw it all away?
BS
The germans also lost over 100,000 men in the battle for poland. It was a bloody baptism of fire for both sides.
Gog has always geographically been located in Azerbaijan… between Iran and Turkey (Magog). The sharia establishment is desperately trying to stir up hatred with past cold war “USSR” history… as Gazprom is a threat to them and the globalist establishment agenda. The Russian majority in regions of Ukraine have every right to succeed and seek protection. Just as most socialist Europe has already surrendered to sharia law… the Ukraine and other nations that border upon Christian Russia… are a terrorist concern … nothing was said about that.
Everybody needs to worry about there own fucking country. If Russia wants to do whatever to there country. Fucking let them. If they want to go to middle east. Fucking let them. You don’t see America in the middle east. So now you fucking care about the middle easr. Oh. I forgot. The government is worried about ISIL AND ISIL. And having our military fight with and for fucking muslims. That makes sense. About as much sense and IQ of Hillary, Kerry and Obama. A 6 month old is smarter than they are.
LADY’S AND GENTLEMEN THE COLD WAR IS OUR OWN GOVERNMENT….
There are no winners in war, but you have to take a stand against mad men.
Russhia will eat Poland for breakfast…