Polish PM Donald Tusk has vowed to create the strongest army on the continent<\/p>\n
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has claimed that his country will quickly expand its presence on the Baltic Sea in 2026.
\nNATO has bolstered its footprint in the Baltic and stepped up patrols under the pretext of protecting undersea infrastructure from the alleged Russian threat.
\nMoscow has denied harboring any hostile intentions and dismissed fears of an attack on NATO as \u201cnonsense.\u201d The Kremlin has repeatedly vowed to take all necessary steps to protect Russian interests in the region.
\n\u201cIt will be a year of rapid expansion on the Baltic – our Polish Baltic,\u201d Tusk said earlier this week during his New Year address, stressing that Warsaw would \u201caccelerate the building of the strongest army in Europe.\u201d
\nMoscow had previously said the Baltic Sea, a strategic area for Russia\u2019s naval operations and energy exports, has become an \u201cinternal lake of NATO\u201d after Finland and Sweden joined the US-led military bloc.
\nThe Russian Foreign Ministry has highlighted that the country is closely monitoring the actions of the US-led military bloc and is ready to take countermeasures aimed at ensuring its security.<\/p>\n
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EU state pledges to outpace US in NATO military spending<\/p>\n
Following a push by US President Donald Trump, NATO members committed in June to spend 5% of their GDP on their militaries annually by 2035. In August, Poland pledged to outspend all other states in the bloc, allocating 4.8% of its GDP to its army as soon as in 2026.
\nOther European NATO members have also stepped up military spending in recent years, committing billions to weapons purchases while arms factories across Western Europe have expanded at a \u201chistoric scale,\u201d the FT reported earlier this year. The pace of development has reportedly tripled since 2022.
\nEarlier this year, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that rising military spending in European countries was straining their economies and could have more serious medium-term consequences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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