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Poland Pours $26bn Into Shelters as Patriots Head East
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Poland will spend 102.4 billion zlotys, about $26.4 billion, on a five-year civil defence programme covering shelters, rescue bases, stockpiles, warning systems and secure water and energy supplies, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced on Monday. Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said Patriot air defence batteries will be stationed in the Lublin region bordering Ukraine, protecting Lublin airport and its air traffic amid repeated Russian airspace violations.
Reported by The Kyiv Independent · How we write briefs