It is not actual that at the time of the inventory there was a shortage of 17,000 elements of uniformation. There is besides no support in the facts suggesting that the value of the harm was set at PLN 11.05 million. no of the above is reflected in the prepared inventory differential settlement protocols.
Nor is there any basis for making claims about the alleged "large scale of theft". The inventory differences are being accounted for and only its completion will let for a clear recognition of the causes of possible discrepancies, but even at this phase of work, i.e. before their final explanation, based solely on the values of discrepancies resulting from the inventory sheets by nature, there are no grounds for making allegations of a "large scale" of irregularities.
Similarly, putting on intent action even before the completion of the process of explaining the causes of differences between the actual state and the registered state of property is unauthorised and misleads the public, while violating the good name and reputation of the Armed Forces of Poland. We would like to emphasise with complete determination that we make all effort to guarantee that the processes of supplying the Armed Forces of Poland are carried out in full compliance with the applicable regulations in a transparent, deliberate and economical manner.
We treat matters related to appropriate seriousness and responsibility. The current inventory of uniform service property is simply a clear proof of this and an example at the same time. In this respect, all proven case of military harm will be explained in detail, and the guilty, regardless of the organisational level, will be held accountable, with all firmness and all consequences (service, legal and financial).
The imposition of unsupported evidence, besides suggesting the universality and top-down impunity of criminal activities in the management of military assets, is detrimental to many soldiers and military personnel from logistics services who are doing their duties fairly, legally and fairly.
It should be noted that the inventory process consists of respective stages:
1) The first phase includes pre-investment activities, e.g. the training of census teams and the preparation of inventory documents.
2. The second phase includes the determination of the facts, including the completion of the census sheets by the census team.
3) The 3rd phase is to account for inventory, which includes the transfer of census sheet data to the Integrated Multi-level Information strategy of the Ministry of National Defence (ZWSI RON), the clarification of inventory differences (if any) by the inventory committee and their accounting.
So far, the first 2 stages of inventory have been implemented and phase 3 is in progress.
The determination of the final scale and value of shortages and surpluses of unitary and exterminated inventory items will only take place erstwhile the inventory differences have been settled, the apparent differences have been eliminated, the legitimate and lawful compensations have been made and reasonable adjustments made to the inventory records.
It should be stressed that not all differences found at the time of the census are due to the deficiency of storage. These discrepancies may besides consequence from errors in the records themselves. The same kind of uniforming, depending on the size, can happen under different indices. Each size is simply a separate Unital Material Index (JIM), and these presently apply to field uniforms as much as 38. Moreover, according to current uniform service regulations, uniforming sets can be dismantled (by releasing a sweatshirt and trousers from different sets), which on the 1 hand increases the comfort of soldiers (especially women), allowing for a better fit of uniforming, but on the another hand brings additional challenges for inventory records and warehouse management in uniform service.
It is besides not possible to exclude errors in the inventory sheets themselves, as, for example, an crucial part of the property was previously classified as category 5 (not of useful value) and the state of that property (damaged labels, physical damage, etc.) obstructed or prevented the qualification of the applicable product group of property with a circumstantial JIM.
Consequently, the differences found during the census by nature between the facts and the records may result, for example, from the misallocation of the product name or index alternatively than from the actual shortage of property. The actions carried out so far confirm that there have been rather many cases of this type, and the reasons for these cases are explained in the 3rd phase of inventory.
At the same time, we would like to point out the material errors in the article.
1) 1 The Regional Logistics Database is located in Walcz,
not “under Szczecin”.
2. The article provides information on ‘third category’ subjects in the uniform service which does not actually happen in terms of uniform.
In the light of the provisions in force, these items are:
• Category 1 (I) – fresh unused items and materials, with material labels that meet certain method requirements – value of 100%;
• Category 2 (II) – items and materials in use, taken after use, as well as fresh unused items that do not meet the conditions of category I (with insignificant defects and full usable) – a value of 25-99%, on average 50%;
• Category 5 (V) – items and materials used, the repair of which is not intended or unprofitable – below 25%. Subjects and materials included in category V shall be defective.
There is besides no support in the facts suggesting that military soldiers and personnel who had submitted their resignations or legal personnel procedures were related to the investigation of the PUiW (some of the situations did not happen at all).
In particular, it is not actual to state the wave of notices and extraordinary medical dismissals. Throughout the network of military warehouses, specified cases are marginal in nature and are mainly due to formal, individual or wellness reasons (of the fewer 100 employees, 7 people are presently on long-term layoff and 3 on short-term layoff).
Commandant of the 25th Military economical Branch on 1 July 2025 was transferred to the disposal of the manager of the Department of Personnel, which is simply a direct consequence of the application of professional pragmatism (including formal requirements regarding the acceptable age of professional soldiers), as laid down in the Homeland defence Act.
The Head of safety squad 2 of the Regional Logistics Database submitted a termination of the employment contract on 30 December 2024 (i.e. a fewer months before the start of the inventory). The announcement period was 3 months and expired on 31 March 2025. An worker in the national defence department worked 46 years. From his position he settled without any shortcomings.
It is not actual that the officer mentioned in the article no longer performs professional military service. The soldier continues to service as a professional military servant and has not made a declaration of service to this day.
With full respect to the work of the editorial board and the right of the media to inform the public, we call for consideration in formulating assessments and to avoid publishing unverified information, especially erstwhile inventory processes are inactive ongoing. We are open to cooperation and clarification, in all case that concerns our activities and the functioning of individuals straight subordinate to us.
Source: IWSZ
