Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced a plan for military training for all men. In a speech to the Polish parliament, Tusk said that work is underway to have all men in Poland undergo military training. But the full details of this plan, according to the head of the Polish government, will be given in the coming months.
"Efforts are being made to prepare large-scale military training for every adult male in Poland. We will try to have a model ready by the end of this year, so that every adult male in Poland can be trained in the event of war, so that this reserve is comparable and adequate to possible threats," the Polish prime minister stressed, A2 CNN reports.
Tusk said the Ukrainian army has 800,000 soldiers, while Russia has about 1.3 million, and he wants to increase the size of the Polish army, including reservists, to 500,000 from about 200,000 now.
"We are talking about the need to have an army of half a million in Poland, including reservists," he said.
"If we organize things wisely, and I'm constantly talking to the Minister of Defense, we will have to use several courses of action. That means reservists, but also intensive training to make those who don't go into the army full and competent soldiers during a conflict," he added, according to A2 CNN.
Tusk said that women can also undergo military training, but "war is still to a greater extent the domain of men."
The prime minister said his government was "carefully considering" France's proposal to include Europe under its nuclear umbrella.
"I would like to know first of all in detail what this means in terms of authority over these weapons," he said, writes A2 CNN.
Tusk noted that Ukraine was invaded after getting rid of its nuclear arsenal, adding that Warsaw would like to get its own nuclear weapons, however remote that possibility may be.
"Today, it is clear that we would be more secure if we had our own nuclear arsenal, that is without a doubt. In any case, the road to this would be very long and there would also have to be a consensus," he said.
Poland is already planning to spend 4.7% of its economic output on defense this year, the highest percentage in the NATO alliance. (A2 Televizion)
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