Polish and allied aircraft were developed on Saturday to protect the Polish airspace, due to the threat of drones attacks on the neighboring, while Lublin Airport in the east closed, as the Polish authorities announced.
As Reuters reports, the Operational Administration of the Polish Armed Forces said the aircraft participated in a business near the border with Ukraine “to ensure the safety of our airspace”, three days after Poland with the support of NATO military aircraft.
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Lublin Airport has been closed. Air defense units are on high alert on the ground.
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“These actions are preventive and aim to safeguard the airspace and protect citizens, especially in areas adjacent to the threatened zone,” the administration said in its statement.
There was no reference to a violation of the Polish airspace in the announcement.
Poland had reported that its airspace, during Russian wounds in Ukraine, where the war continued in February 2022. Moscow had stated that it did not target Poland.
The Polish Air Traffic Service announced that Lublin Airport and the controlled zone around it were closed on Saturday for flights.
Volunteers are increasing
Six kilometers from the Russian border in northern Poland, Administrative Officer Agniesska Gentrusak digs a ditch. Pusted by fear of war with Russia, she wants to be able to protect her family, including her 13 -year -old son.
Thousands of Poles, such as Jedrusak, are enrolled in voluntary military education, as the Polish army seeks to strengthen its ranks with professionals and volunteers amid growing concerns with Russian aggression.
“I would do everything to keep my child safe. And I would definitely like to fight to protect him, “Jedrusak tells Reuters, dressed in military variants, with a face painted in camouflage colors.
For many in Poland – which has suffered decades of Moscow’s sovereignty at the time of the Soviet Union – fear with Russia is intense.
The Kremlin has accused Western countries of “emotional overload” and hostile attitude towards Russia, arguing that it does not threaten them. He refused to comment on the incident with drones.
Yentrusak’s military training was held in Branievo, in a field of exercises for South Korean tanks K-2, after ordering 180 such tanks from Poland in 2022 in the context of an important military cooperation agreement.
More than 20,000 Poles were written in volunteer military training in the first seven months of 2025 – a number in line with last year’s record, according to Colonel Gregorz Vavrzinkievic, head of the Polish Military Recruitment Center.
It estimates that about 40,000 volunteers will complete military training by the end of the year, more than twice as many compared to 16,000 in 2022, reflecting the increase in citizens’ interest from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Since the beginning of the war in 2022, Poland has more than doubled its defense spending, from 2.2% of GDP to 4.7% this year – the highest among NATO 32 members, surpassing major European forces such as Germany, France and Britain.
Changes in progress
Fearing the threat from the East, Poland inaugurated the “Eastern Wall” last May – a 400 -mile fortification work along its border with Belarus and the Russian Kaliningrad pockets – combining extensively anti -kicks.
The Tusk government also moves military units to the east to raise staff from areas with stronger recruitment tanks. “People will work and serve in places where they will defend their own homes,” said Deputy Minister of Defense Pavel Zalevsky.
The restructuring of the Polish army focuses on mobility, armor, air defense and logistics operations, according to officials.
Vavrzinkievic, head of recruitment, said that efforts are aimed at enhancing military readiness and presence near the border, while creating jobs in an area with traditionally high unemployment.
Volunteers can choose to continue in a professional military service, join the soil defense forces (WOT) or remain in active or passive reserve.
Those involved in WOT usually serve in their area and can be called in emergencies or increased threats, such as natural disasters or border crises – for example when Belarus channeled tens of thousands of immigrants to Poland in 2021, amid EU tension with the EU.
Volunteers are trained next to professional soldiers, without being included in normal units unless they are officially classified. This structure allows for the creation of a escalating force that can support Poland’s defense strategy in times of need – similar to that of Lithuania and Germany.
Undersecretary of Defense Czezari Tomsik told Reuters that – even with developments in battle field technology – the training of sufficient number of executives remains vital to Poland’s defense. “When there is a war or a threat of war, they count the most basic things: fuel, ammunition and people,” he said.
