Poland will deploy antipersonnel mines on its borders with Russia and Belarusian

In addition to lifting modern fortifications and military infrastructure along the borders with Russia and Belarus, in a length of about 800 kilometers, with “physical barriers and advanced air space monitoring systems, the Deputy Minister of Defense of Poland, Poland, Pawel Beidahas now admitted, during an interview in RMF24, which is also not ruled out the use of Antipersone minesdesigned to kill or disable their victims and use to collapse enemy medical services, demoralize their troops, and damage non -armored vehicles. The European Parliament, for decades involved in that field, approved in 2001 the elimination of mining stocks held by the Member States and has endowed the action against the antipersonas mines of a specific budget line.

«We have no choice», Has justified Beida, who contemplates the possibility of manufacturing up to one million of these explosives. That is why the Polish government has announced this week its intention to abandon the Ottawa convention, which prohibits the use of these devices. «The border situation is serious. I mean the Polish-Bielorruse and Polish borders … This will be one of the elements of the Eastern Shield, ”Beida insisted. Although Poland does not currently have antipersonnel mines, “there are possibilities of producing them.” The factories of the Polish armed group will be responsible for manufacturing and “we are talking about orders for several hundred thousand, possibly one million units.”

«Both Donald Tusk and his counterparts of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia respond to the common evaluation that the level of threat on the border between Europe and Russia is such that it is necessary that the thought patterns of less than three decades ago and be ready and be able to use all the necessary means to defend our territory and our freedom”, justify the return to Europe of these damn weapons of these damn weapons Marek Świerczyński, security analyst of Polityka Insight. «We cannot be satisfied with the production of simple antipersone mines known since the last century. We must invest in modern solutions such as the so -called intelligent mines », which can be deactivated remotely and indicate their location, which facilitates their deactivation once the hostilities are over,” adds Damian Ratka, editor of Defense24.

Poland and Baltic countries have evidence that the Russian armed forces, extended to 1.5 million soldiers, will even put emphasis on the use of light infantry units, instead of mechanized units. In Ukraine, most offensive actions are carried out by infantry assault groups and antipersonnel mines guarantee a slower advance.