"Oriental Shield": Poland began to build a line of fortifications on the border with the Russian Federation (photo)

Along the defense line, they plan to dig 700 kilometers of moats, install mine fields and anti -tank hedgehogs, as well as video surveillance. The project will cost about $ 2. 5 billion and plan it to be completed by 2028. In Poland, the construction of fortifications on the border with the Russian Federation within the scale of the Eastern Shield Project was launched. This was announced by Prime Minister Donald Tusk on the X network on Friday, November 1.

"The construction of the Eastern Shield has started! The first works on the border with Russia," he wrote. In the spring of 2024, the Polish National Defense Ministry declared plans to build 700 km of fortifications on the border with Russia and Belarus by 2028. The cost of the project will be 10 billion zlotys, which is equivalent to more than $ 2. 5 billion. It is not just about fortifications. It is also mine fields, anti -tank hedgehogs, and CCTV system.

We will remind, on June 27, the leaders of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia wrote a letter to the chairman of the European Council of Charles Michel, which called on the EU to build a line of defense along the border of the block with Russia and Belarus. It is necessary to protect the EU EU from military and hybrid threats. On August 19, Lithuania began construction of a military base, which is planned to accommodate up to 4,000 capable German servicemen.