Polish Defence Minister WÅadysÅaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said that his country must urgently prepare for the threat of war with Russia, in an interview published on Monday.
Kosiniak-Kamysz was asked by the newspaper Super Express whether he considered Russia’s military defeat of Ukraine and a subsequent invasion of Polish territory a possibility.
“I expect every scenario and take the worst ones most seriously. That is the task of a defence minister in the situation we find ourselves in today,” the conservative politician replied.
Kosiniak-Kamysz, 42, said that he had “not just said these words out of the blue,” but had weighed them up carefully.
Poland is a member of the European Union and the NATO military alliance.
