The Polish army is not only served by Poles. MON revealed data

polsatnews.pl 1 month ago

The Polish army serves about 250 people with dual citizenship - informs "Rzeczpospolita". The data provided by the MON shows that they have passports from 27 countries. As Deputy Minister of Defence Paweł Bejda handed over, 8 of them have Ukrainian citizenship.

Ministry of Defence in a answer sent to the diary stressed that "having additional nationality does not override the candidate's ability to participate in military service recruitment proceedings in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland".

Data provided by the Ministry shows that soldiers and civilian workers with specified position are presently approximately 250.

They pass on passports from 27 different countries, including Germany, United States, Ukraine, Belarus, Portugal, Sweden, Italy, Belgium, Pakistan, France, United Kingdom, Syria, Burma and Greece.

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As the MON emphasises, detailed data constitute classified information and cannot be made public. At the same time, it was noted that the percent of people with dual citizenship is around 0.1 percent

Ukrainian soldiers in the Polish army. Deputy Minister of Defence reveals

The subject of foreigners in the Polish army was raised by MPs Anna Gembicka (PiS) and Jarosław Sachaiko (Free Republicans) who wrote a parliamentary interpelling about emerging signals regarding alleged presence Ukrainian citizens in the structures of the Polish Army.

Then the Deputy Head of National Defence with the PSL Paul Bejda revealed that he presently serves in the Armed Forces of Poland eight soldiers professional (one officer and 7 privates) holding in addition to Polish citizenship besides Ukrainian citizenship.

As he explained, "these soldiers were appointed under the provisions of the Law of 11 March 2022 on the Defence of the Homeland in standard mode, without any additional preferences or for service."

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They execute different functions, specified as Junior officer, mark shooter, mechanic, miner, driver and lifeguard. "The terms of work in the positions occupied do not disagree from those in the another posts" - emphasised the Deputy Minister.

In addition, in the Ministry of Defence and in military units presently four people with Ukrainian citizenship work. They are employed as speakers and speakers of the language.

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