Reuters
April 3, 2022

Poland ‘open’ to nukes stationed in country amid Russia-Ukraine war – party head

Poland would be open to having nuclear weapons stationed in the country…ruling Polish party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski said in comments published Sunday as Warsaw calls for tougher action against Moscow over the conflict in Ukraine.

The politician noted that Poland would also welcome a 50% increase in the number of US troops in Europe.

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“Poland would be pleased if the Americans increased their presence in Europe from the current 100,000 soldiers up to 150,000 in the future due to Russia’s increasing aggressiveness,” Kaczynski told German newspaper Welt am Sonntag.

“Of these, 75,000 soldiers should be stationed on the eastern flank; ie, on the border with Russia; 50,000 soldiers in the Baltic states and Poland,” he said in the interview, which was also published on the website of Poland’s ruling party Law and Justice (PiS).

There were roughly 80,000 US troops in Europe before Russian troops moved into Ukraine.