Poland announced increase in number of troops in the east of the country
Poland is trying to increase the number of troops mainly in the east of the country – as noted by Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defence of Poland Mariusz Blaszczak, RIA Novosti reports
During a conversation with young soldiers, Mariusz Blaszczak said, “Our goal is for the Polish army to be as numerous as possible, especially in the eastern part of our country.”
According to him, now 2,800 soldiers of voluntary basic military service (a new type of service) are starting training in Poland.
“We have prepared 25,000 places for voluntary basic military service,” added Mariusz Blaszczak.
Last year, according to him, at least 16,000 people applied for voluntary military service.
“This is a good result, since we started training in the middle of last year. We are ready for the fact that if there are more applications, we will prepare more places,” the Polish Minister said.
Earlier, the Polish government announced that it plans to increase the size of the army to 300,000 people.
