It not only involves Russian and Ukrainian troops. It is a armed conflict at the gates of Europe which has made many NATO countries decide to get their act together in the military field.
At the end of last August, the German Government approved a bill to introduce a that could become mandatory if necessary.
And now, a NATO border country, Poland (which also shares a border with Ukraine and the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad) has decided to launch a military training open to all its citizens.
The measure comes after Poland has been especially affected in recent weeks. affected (and threatened) by violations of its airspace by Russian drones.
As announced by the Minister of Defense of Poland, Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, the military training project It has been baptized ‘Ready’ and its pilot phase will begin on November 22.
The goal of the Polish Ministry of Defense is that between now and next year, a total of 400,000 citizens (1% of the population) go through this new military training program.
The project, as confirmed by Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, is aimed at “all Polish citizens who wish to participate”, from primary school children to adult workers and the elderly.
Specifically, the ‘Ready’ program is made up of four modules: basic safety, survival techniques, first aid and cybersecurity. To facilitate access, courses will be taught on weekends. The estimated duration of each module is one day.
Regarding doubts about whether participating in the course makes one acquire the status of reservist in the army, the Polish Ministry of Digitalization has stressed that “these defense training courses “They are not equivalent to military service.” y “they do not end with an oath or with registration on the reservist list.”
