World War III is closer than ever after government officials at the recent North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit in Washington, D.C., revealed their next-step plans to throw more money, weapons and soldiers at trying to defeat Russia.

Of note were statements made by Gen. Wieslaw Kukula, Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, about how his country is preparing its soldiers for a full-scale conflict in the coming days.

“Today, we need to prepare our forces for full-scale conflict, not asymmetric-type conflict,” Kukula told a press conference. “This forces us to find a good balance between the border mission and maintaining the intensity of training in the army.”

Kukula’s “border mission” comment was a reference to ongoing tensions with neighbor and Russian ally Belarus. Belarus is part of the “Union State” with Russia, and Poland recently launched a $2.5 billion initiative called the “East Shield” program that aims to better protect Poland’s border with Belarus.

In 2021 during the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) “pandemic,” the European Union accused Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of intentionally flooding Poland’s border with Middle Eastern migrants as a form of hybrid warfare. China also recently began conducting military exercises in Brest, Belarus, a city located just miles from the Polish border.

“Speaking at the same event, deputy defense minister Pawel Bejda said that as of August, the number of troops guarding Poland’s eastern border would be increased to 8,000 from the current 6,000, with an additional rearguard of 9,000 able to step up within 48 hours’ notice,” reports state about how Poland is beefing up patrol on its border with Belarus.

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