Poland will suggest deploying further Patriot missile launchers close to its border with Ukraine, following a proposal from Germany, Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak stated on Twitter on Monday.
“Throughout right now’s dialog with the German aspect, I’ll suggest that the system be stationed on the border with Ukraine,” he wrote on Twitter.
Germany has supplied Warsaw the Patriot missile defence system to assist it to safe its airspace after a stray missile crashed in Poland final week, Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht informed a newspaper on Sunday.
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The German authorities had already stated it will supply its neighbour additional assist in air policing with German Eurofighters after the incident, which initially raised fears that the struggle in Ukraine might spill throughout the border.
The missile that hit Poland final week, killing two folks, appeared to have been fired by Ukraine’s air defences relatively than a Russian strike, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has stated.
Floor-based air defence methods corresponding to Raytheon’s Patriot are constructed to intercept incoming missiles.