Poland will proceed to support Ukraine for humanitarian reasons and in its own interest, as announced present in Sopot by Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. He included purchases of unmanned and drone systems for the military as precedence tasks. A tiny strategical review is intended to show the most urgent modernisation programmes.
– Today, safety is the most crucial subject for Poland. Last night was another attack on Ukraine; an uninterrupted, hours-long attack," said Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish erstwhile he opened the European Forum of fresh Ideas (EFNI) on Friday in Sopot. He pointed out that in raids with jet drones Russia uses means of guidance designed to confuse Ukrainian air defence, he besides attacks targets located just off the border with Poland.
The head of the MON assured that he understood the fatigue of information about the war and alerts announced in connection with attacks on Ukraine. However, he pointed out that this must not be a reason for politicians to build anti-Ukrainian moods and close their eyes on what is happening beyond the east border. – any in Poland effort not to see or hear what is happening there. There is besides no shortage of environments that rise political capital in order not to aid the fighting Ukraine," said the minister. He stressed that in fresh months Russian attacks have caused the most civilian casualties, as in the beginning of the invasion.
Russia must wear out
The Deputy Prime Minister reiterated that Ukraine must be helped for both humanitarian and applicable reasons. “It is in our interest for the Russian Federation to consume itself,” he stressed. He besides referred to allegations made by the opposition in connection with the support of Ukraine, besides in the form of supplies of equipment from Polish military resources: – We were brutally attacked as a full government a fewer weeks ago. There was a large debate on respective Patriot battery rockets that saved many lives. I like those missiles not to be in storage, but to drop missiles that will never scope Poland – he declared and declared that there would be further donations of equipment for the Ukrainian army. He besides pointed out that the aid limit was determined by the safety of Poland, and the resources essential to supply it indicate the commanders with the Head of the General Staff of the Polish Army.
As Kosiniak-Kamish pointed out, “Ukraine defends itself bravely”, but it is ruined economically and demographically, and all war has a devastating impact on the community. “This is the reason why we sometimes gotta go even to the limit of caution erstwhile it comes to all debts and deficits. Today, all investment in safety is so that we do not gotta rise not only the state but besides the economy from the ruins," said the head of the MON. “We decided in the government that we would usage all chance to invest in the Polish arms manufacture and in buying for the Polish army, so we fought for SAFE program – he added.
Priority: drones and systems to combat them
The Deputy Prime Minister declared openness to purchases of equipment outside Europe. “We are not only fighting for an American base to be here, but besides for the American manufacture to invest here”, he said. He referred to talks with US ambassadors in Poland and with NATO. “We are advocates of beginning Europe to those capabilities that the European Union is incapable to produce,” said the Minister of Defence and pointed to military technology from the US and Turkey.
Absolute precedence in military buying drones and drone systems – taking into account jet unmanneds whose demolition requires fresh measures: low-cost long-range precision weapons and artificial intelligence. He added that a tiny strategical review ordered this week would identify the most urgent needs and “show those contracts, even those already concluded, that can be postponed in time”.
