Poland plans to deploy anti-personnel mines on border with Russia and Belarus
Poland plans to deploy anti-personnel mines on the border with Russia and Belarus as part of the Eastern Shield program.
This was stated by the Deputy Minister of Defense of Poland Pawel Bejda, Censor.NET reports with reference to Liga.
Poland initiated the process of withdrawal from the Ottawa Treaty, which prohibits the use of anti-personnel mines.
"We have no choice. The situation on the border is difficult. I'm talking about the Polish-Belarusian and Polish-Russian border," Bejda said. He added that this will be one of the elements of the Eastern Shield.
"I want to say that we have a concern that borders on certainty that Belarus is following Russia," said the Polish deputy defense minister. The official believes that self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko will agree to anything Russian dictator Vladimir Putin tells him.
"Pay attention to the direction from which Ukraine was attacked. From the side of Belarus. We do not have anti-personnel mines, but we have the capabilities to produce them," he emphasized.
The Deputy Defense Minister clarified that Poland can produce several hundred thousand anti-personnel mines or even a million.
