Volunteer army will be formed in Poland to combat Russian threat
Poland will establish a volunteer army detachment to help prevent threats from Russia, Spiegel Online reports referring to the Foreign Ministry official responsible for paramilitary groups, Grzegorz Kwasniak.
According to an official, the goal of establishing the new group is to prepare for a possible hybrid war, like the one Russia is waging against Ukraine.
It is expected that the establishment of a paramilitary group will begin in September. It will consist of 35,000 volunteers that will undergo military training, as reported by Deutsche Welle radio.
Each of the 16 Polish provinces will have priority in the deployment of the volunteer paramilitary units. Masovian Voivodeship, the largest and most densely populated area, will be given two brigades.
Volunteers will receive a monthly salary of about 125 Euro.
More and more people in Poland have started joining self-defense militias and other volunteer formations with a total membership of about 12,000 people since the beginning of the Ukrainian crisis, Spiegel Online reports.
For the first time, Poland’s paramilitary units will take part in NATO exercises, which will be held from June 7th to 17th.