On the days following Putin's invasion of Ukraine, many countries announced an increase in military spending, including the US, Canada and Australia, and Josep Borrell, the head of European Union diplomacy, called upon the full block to strengthen the armed forces. Greater backing of the armed forces has increased the war, but it is based on the pre-existing trend - writes the magazine "Foreign Affairs" and lists Poland among countries that increase the spending on reinforcements and modernizing the army.