An additional 2,000 troops will be sent to the Poland-Belarus border amid a recent influx of illegal immigrants, Polish Deputy Interior Minister Maciej Wasik said.
Poland has begun deploying over 1,000 troops on its eastern border, claiming concerns over the presence of Russian Wagner fighters in neighboring Belarus.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has said authorities seek to host NATO nuclear weapons in Poland within the framework of the Nuclear Sharing program to counter the “threat” they claim Russia poses.
Hundreds of thousands of people have staged a rally in the Polish capital of Warsaw to protest against the right-wing populist government, led by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
Russia has promised a harsh response to Poland’s “illegal seizure” of an embassy school in the capital Warsaw.
Under mounting pressure from its Western allies, Germany, which had so far refused to send tanks to Ukraine, now says it would not stand in the way of Poland if it wanted to give Leopard 2 tanks to Kiev.
Poland has received a first batch of weapons from South Korea as it boosts its military amid Russia's special operation in Ukraine.
The foreign ministers of Iran and Poland weighed plans for the expansion of relations between the two countries.
Germany has offered Warsaw the Patriot missile defense system to help it secure its airspace after a stray missile crashed and killed two people in Poland last week.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has blamed Russian President Vladimir Putting for the deadly missile strike in Poland that was fired by Ukrainian forces, claiming the strike was the fallout of Putin’s “war of choice” against Kiev.