WARSAW: Poland is preparing to deploy the German Patriot air defence system on its territory, after Berlin refused to place this system in Ukraine, defence minister Mariusz Blaszczak said on Twitter.
Germany last month offered Poland the Patriot system to help secure its airspace after a stray missile crashed and killed two people in Poland.
The Polish defence ministry later asked Germany to send the fire units to Ukraine instead.
“After talking to the German defence ministry, I was disappointed to accept the decision to reject Ukraine’s support. Deploying the Patriots to the western Ukraine would increase the security of Poles and Ukrainians,” Blaszczak tweeted yesterday evening.
“So we proceed to working arrangements for placing the launchers in Poland and connecting them to our command system,” added Blaszczak.