Poland masses 40,000 troops near Belarus, Russia borders amid Zapad-2025 drills
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Thu, 11 Sep 2025 19:58:00 +0300

TVP reported the information.Earlier, Deputy Polish Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk stated that Warsaw has been preparing for the Russian-Belarusian military exercises for many months."The Polish army conducted exercises in which more than 30,000 Polish soldiers, as well as alliance (NATO) soldiers, took part in order to respond adequately. Let us remember that Zapad-2025 is an offensive exercise," he said.Tomczyk also suggested that such exercises could be a precursor to Moscow’s aggression against NATO and EU countries.It is expected that Zapad-2025 will involve tens of thousands of soldiers, which, as TVP notes, "will push Poland to deploy about 40,000 troops near its eastern border."Russian drones in Polish airspace: What we knowThe Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces placed air defense and aviation units on high alert following Russia’s night attack on Ukraine on September 10, during which Russian drones entered Polish airspace. Reports indicate that more than 20 UAVs were involved.In a village in Poland’s Lublin Province, debris from one drone fell on a house, though no injuries were reported.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy commented on the violation of Poland’s airspace by Russian drones, calling it a dangerous precedent for all of Europe.On Wednesday, September 10, NATO activated Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty after Russian drones violated Polish territory.
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