"Oriental Shield": Poland will create mobile fortifications on the border with Russia
"It is a mobile line in the sense that obstacles, such as moats or anti -tank fortifications, can be placed where the army recognizes it necessary at that time," said Caesari Tomchik. It is noted that Caesarius Tomchik, during his visit to Lithuania, together with the Deputy Minister of Defense of Lithuania Oriya Mashale and Tomashem Godlyuskas, examined the elements of the Baltic Defense Line.
According to the project, a logistics center will be created in each district along the eastern and northern borders, which will be used with the local authorities in the event of a crisis or external threat where equipment, reinforced concrete hedgehogs and other fortification elements will be stored. According to the minister, these projects are already being implemented - the first warehouses are being built, and they will be gradually filled with the necessary materials.
"We see what is happening in Ukraine, where fortifications, anti-tank ditches, further resistance lines are being built for 20-30 km from the collision line. We want to complete this work earlier so that our countries do not threaten the danger. We refer to a clear signal: restraint at first, defense then. And always in this order. " In May 2024, the Polish authorities announced the construction of defense structures on the border with Russia and Belarus, which were called "Oriental Shield".
Along the defensive line planned to dig 700 kilometers of moats, install mine fields and anti -tank hedgehogs, as well as video surveillance systems. The project will cost about $ 2. 5 billion and plan it to be completed by 2028. Already in early November 2024, work on the construction of fortifications on the border with the Kaliningrad region of Russia began. At the end of the same month, the Polish government announced the completion of work in the first plot, where 3.