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Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 27 [770]
Look at the naming!
"Operation East Shield" begins in 2026:
German Armed Forces build tank barriers on Russia's border
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The German armed forces are making a renewed effort to strengthen NATO's eastern flank. Starting in April 2026, German engineers will help construct a border wall to defend against a potential Russian invasion of the NATO member state of Poland. They will participate in the Polish "Operation Eastern Shield," which has been underway since May 2024.
This was announced by Polish State Secretary in the Ministry of Defense, Paweł Zalewski (61), to surprised journalists at a meeting with his German counterpart, Nils Schmid (52, SPD), at the Malbork Air Base near Gdansk....
Nice....
...And indeed! In response to a BILD inquiry, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense confirmed: "A total of a mid-double-digit number of soldiers from the army and the support sector will participate in Operation East Shield in the border region with Kaliningrad and Belarus."
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Interestingly, according to the Ministry of Defense under Boris Pistorius (65), a parliamentary mandate is not required for this deployment of the Bundeswehr abroad, "since it is not a deployment of armed German forces abroad within the meaning of the Parliamentary Participation Act and there is no immediate danger to the soldiers from military conflicts."
...a truly interesting workaround for our poor Pistorius! :)
I could imagine this one will be used now more often...
