{"id":305064,"date":"2025-03-14T07:20:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T07:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=305064"},"modified":"2025-03-16T07:48:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T07:48:24","slug":"poland-demands-eus-help-militarizing-its-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=305064","title":{"rendered":"Poland demands EU\u2019s help militarizing its borders"},"content":{"rendered":"

RT.com \u2013 March 13, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk<\/p><\/div>\n

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has urged the EU to reinforce its military presence on the country\u2019s borders with Russia and Belarus amid ongoing Ukraine ceasefire negotiations.<\/p>\n

Tusk made the statement on Thursday after meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, urging him to play a key role in any potential peace process.<\/p>\n

According to the Polish prime minister, the two discussed reinforcing the military capabilities on Poland\u2019s border with Russia\u2019s Kaliningrad exclave and Belarus, which is \u201calso the border of NATO and the EU.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI have obtained full understanding from our Turkish partner that the duty of the Polish army is to guard the eastern flank\u2026\u201d<\/em> the Polish prime minister stated, as quoted by local media.<\/p>\n

Tusk told reporters that Poland would invest heavily in \u201csecuring\u201d<\/em> its eastern frontier, deploying drones and other military assets. He said the responsibility for strengthening the region\u2019s military capabilities should be shared by the EU and NATO.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter all, we are not talking about a common European army,\u201d<\/em> Tusk said, \u201cbut a very specific problem, namely securing Poland\u2019s eastern border, the border with Russia and Belarus.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

According to Tusk, it\u2019s in the interest of the EU and NATO countries to treat the Polish border as a \u201ccommon\u201d<\/em> one, because it will be \u201ceasier for us to finance and organize this.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Tusk has repeatedly alleged that Russia poses a threat to Europe, claiming Moscow could launch a \u201cfull-scale operation\u201d<\/em> against a \u201clarger\u201d<\/em> target than Ukraine within three to four years. The Kremlin has dismissed the allegations as unfounded. Tusk argues that Poland must serve as a \u201cbastion\u201d<\/em> to protect NATO\u2019s eastern border and should expand its military capabilities.<\/p>\n

Addressing the Polish Parliament last week, Tusk unveiled plans to more than double the size of the country\u2019s military to 500,000, saying Poland must be prepared for future conflicts.<\/p>\n

The Kremlin has criticized Tusk\u2019s rhetoric as confrontational and militaristic. Moscow has rejected accusations that it poses a military threat to Europe, with Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissing the claims as \u201cnonsense\u201d<\/em> designed to justify increased military budgets.<\/p>\n

The EU had earlier announced a major military spending plan to address a perceived Russian threat. The REARM plan, introduced by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, includes \u20ac150 billion ($163 billion) in loans to EU governments for defense spending and fiscal exemptions, potentially lending up to \u20ac800 billion ($870 billion) over the next four years.<\/p>\n

The Kremlin condemned the bloc\u2019s \u201cmilitarization\u201d<\/em> plan, calling it a path towards confrontation that undermines peace efforts in the Ukraine conflict.<\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n

Also see:<\/p>\n

Polish president urges US to deploy nuclear weapons in Poland<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Apart from strengthening its border defences with Russia and Belarus, and planning to double the size of its army, Poland\u2019s Prime Minister Donald Tusk has also urged the U.S. to deploy nuclear weapons in Poland <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-305064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Current_Affairs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=305064"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":305133,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305064\/revisions\/305133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=305064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=305064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=305064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}