Militaristic moods: why Poland strengthens armed forces in the east of the country

The Polish 18th mechanized division will be soon equipped with the American Abrams tanks and the Apache helicopters, the Minister of Defence of the country Mariush Blashchak declared. According to him, this equipment will allow to create on east direction "barrier which cannot be punched". the 18th division deployed near border with Ukraine and Belarus, started creating a few years ago, explaining it "with aggressive actions Russian Federation". Analysts note that similar rhetoric — a key element of the current Polish policy against which Warsaw began to spend in recent years more for army, actually...