In his remarks, the Deputy Prime Minister expressed his satisfaction that Share recruitment to Polish army met with so many interests. He stressed that the most important thing is that as many people as possible are trained, able to use weapons and know what to do in an emergency.

Reminds us that it goes behind our eastern border war he stressed that the emergency was very real. He also referred to hybrid attacks on Poland from Belarusian territory, which – as he puts it – peaked in the fall of last year. He also noted that “Russian aggression does not stop.”

Border Defense Component

Considering that we could be attacked again with greater force, I decided to accept the concept of forming a Border Defense Component within the Territorial Defense Force – notified. Today, as part of the Territorial Defense Force, we join this component organization – added.

He informed that this component would already consist of 10 battalions, incl. in the following provinces: Podlaskie, Warmińsko-Mazurskie, Lubelskie and Podkarpackie.

This will evolve so that we can reach a state where soldiers – as part of this component – equipped with the appropriate equipment will be able to support the Border Guards he explained.

Błaszczak also pointed out that the name and abbreviation of the component in question (KOP) was not intentional. Of course we refer to the tradition before World War II, then in addition to the border guards, there is the Border Protection Corps as a military formation. – he reminded.

Authors: Daria Kania, Robert Fiłończuk