The Polish government is considering bringing back compulsory military service as the threat of Russia either attacking or invading NATO grows to an all-time high.
Poland shares their border with Russia’s militarised Kaliningrad and Belarus on the eastern flank and there is strong fears by the Polish government Moscow could invade as Vladimir Putin is wanting to recreate the Union Soviet of Socialist Republics (USSR).
Speaking to Polish Radio Major General Maciej Klisz, operational commander of Poland’s Armed Forces said that it is “inevitable” that mandatory conscription will return.
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Finland has some 1 million reservists out of their 5.5 million population and Warsaw currently has over 300,000 but will have to have 7 million reserve troops trained and ready to deploy at moment’s notice in the event of war breaking out.
Polish General Jaroslaw Kraszewski has said he is in favour of the government introducing compulsory military service for men and women, the Kyiv Independent reported.
In early March the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that all adult males in Poland are to receive military training in preparation for war.
Tusk told Parliament this initiative will strengthen Poland’s reserve forces in response to growing security threats from Moscow.
Tusk has warned that should Ukraine lose the war or accept peace in a manner that “weakens its sovereignty” then Poland will be in a more “difficult geopolitical situation,” the Kyiv Indpedent reported.
The Polish Prime Minister said, “If Ukraine loses the war or if it accepts the terms of peace, armistice, or capitulation in such a way that weakens its sovereignty and makes it easier for Putin to gain control over Ukraine, then, without a doubt and we can all agree on that, Poland will find itself in a much more difficult geopolitical situation.”
Tusk also announced Poland’s plans to increase the size of the Polish army from 200,000 to 500,000 as he warned Russia has 1.3 million soldiers.
