![]() ![]() While it waits for more Nato troops, the Polish government has pressed ahead with a Homeland Defence Act that will increase its professional army from 120,000 to 250,000, including 50,000 reservists. “The threat from Russia is systemic and it will not disappear so with the experiences that the Ukrainian army has seen, Poland needs to rapidly increase its defences.”Ĭurrently America has 10,000 troops in Poland and Britain 150. “That could certainly deter Russia from taking offensive action,” said Filip Bryjka, an analyst for the PISM think tank in Warsaw. Nato countries bordering Russia - Poland, Norway, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - are urging the alliance’s forces to double in strength to deter Russian invasion with permanent bases while all announced large defence spending increases. “Russia's conducted an illegal invasion of Ukraine, used indiscriminate force against civilians with questions over whether war crimes have been committed.” ![]() “The right to escalate … is entirely appropriate,” a western official said. ![]() Previously countries have been wary of sending offensive weaponry to Ukraine for fear of escalating the conflict, but Russia’s atrocities and devastation of towns and cities has changed that view. ![]()
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