Fortress Poland: The country brings "Oriental Shield" on the border with the Russian Federation and Belarus (photo)

The Eastern Shield of about 640 km will include anti -tank fortifications, bins and other obstacles built for physical protection of the border and traffic control while expected that the US defense support for Europe is weakened after Donald Trump's admission to January.

Trump, who won the US presidential election last week, has repeatedly stated that it would "put an end" of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on his first day as a position, adding that he also plans to reduce the assistance of Kiev, despite the fact that the US is the main financial and a military sponsor. So Poland decided to build its own shield at the borders.

In addition to the physical border, there will also be systems of combating drones and the latest artificial intelligence -based observation technologies that help to identify threats at an early stage. Moreover, the "shield" will also contain a satellite component to provide "another security element in space," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said to prepare the country for "wars of the future".

Earlier this year, Tusk stated that fortifications were intended to repel potential threats from the "enemy", since the strongly militarized Russian exclusive Kaliningrad in the north, it is believed, is a growing threat to the West.

According to the Government, the program perhaps the most significant investment in national security in Poland's post -war history will use modern surveillance equipment, including visual intelligence (IMINT), radar intelligence (SIGINT) and acoustic monitoring to improve situational awareness. The multilayered defense line is expected to have a depth of about 200 meters and will consist of barriers, moats and minefields.

The first barrier for any invaders will be a high border fence, which will follow barbed wire and anti-tank ditches. There will also be obstacles, such as Dragon Teeth - concrete pointed blocks used to stop the movement of armored vehicles. Bunkers and underground storage facilities will also be hidden in the forests to protect those who are inside the border if the defense does not work.

The project was announced in response to a full -scale invasion of Russia into the territory of Ukraine and what the Polish government calls the tactics of "hybrid war" by Belarus and Russia. These include increased migration pressure on the eastern border, as Warsaw claims that Minsk and Moscow can conspire in order to ship the asylum requests to the West, which creates a burden in the western countries and feeds on the inciting enmity rhetoric. "The border cannot be crossed with impunity . . .

Russia and Belarus are standing in this procedure, and the whole world calls it a hybrid war. We will not retreat. We do it to restrain the enemy so that all those who wish Poland are evil, all those who It plans an attack, aggression against our allies or against our country, they have been heard from Krakow's market square today: stay away from Poland! " - said Tusk a few months ago.

According to the recent report of the Defense Alliance, Poland has the highest military expenses for GDP among all NATO member countries. Its ambitious project must be completed by 2028. Meanwhile, another project, the implementation of which should begin in 2025, is planned by NATO Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which they announced in January about the Baltic Defense Line.

Recently, Lithuania blocked and strengthened the bridge across the Niman River, connecting it with the Russian Kaliningrad, and officials have stated that they planned to strengthen and even replace other bridges connecting the country with the exclusive. A small but well -armed territory is located between the Baltic Sea, Poland and Lithuania and is the location of the Baltic Fleet Headquarters.