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Poland’s top general calls for larger army amid growing threat of war

Polish army must grow to meet imminent war threat, says top general

21:28, 05.10.2024
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Polish army must grow to meet imminent war threat, says top general Poland will need a much larger army, something that could be hard to achieve given its aging population, if it is to defend itself from what seems to be a war this generation will inevitably face, Poland’s top general Wiesław Kukuła has said.

Poland will need a much larger army, something that could be hard to achieve given its aging population, if it is to defend itself from what seems to be a war this generation will inevitably face, Poland’s top general Wiesław Kukuła has said.

The current generation faces an almost inevitable war, said Wiesław Kukuła, the armed forces chief of staff. Photo: PAP/Krzysztof Ćwik
The current generation faces an almost inevitable war, said Wiesław Kukuła, the armed forces chief of staff. Photo: PAP/Krzysztof Ćwik

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“Everything is indicating that we are the generation that will stand up in arms to defend our country. And neither I nor any of you intend to lose this war,” the armed forces chief of staff said in an address on Friday to the University of Land Forces in Wrocław, Western Poland.

He added: “We will win it, we will come back and we will continue to build Poland, but something has to happen. We have to build armed forces prepared for this type of action.”

Kukuła said the demographic crisis would reduce the pace of recruitment.

“The adversary’s potential is so large that we must build a much larger army, which means that we must also implement the general service model,” he said.

General service refers to mandatory military training and service, which is currently not enforced.

Poland’s army will count over 207,500 soldiers by the end of the year, making it the third largest army in NATO in terms of personnel, after the United States and Turkey, according to data from Poland's ministry of defense.

Kukuła said in July that Poland must prepare its forces for full-scale conflict.

Poland’s relations with Russia and its ally Belarus have deteriorated sharply since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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