“There is a strong declaration of unity and solidarity towards Ukraine. Readiness to increase engagement on NATO's Eastern flank as the situation develops. This is a message that was shared by all participants in today's meeting. A joint declaration and documents have also been adopted today, making a significant contribution to what will happen at the NATO summit in Madrid (…) The unity of the Alliance states and solidarity with Ukraine are significant. It is important that Poland has been repeating for many years that there is no consent to make concessions to the aggressive Russian policy, because such concessions make the aggressor insolent" - said Mariusz Błaszczak, the Minister of National Defence after the meeting with NATO defence ministers at the Alliance Headquarters in Brussels.

“An additional 350 soldiers will be deployed to Poland. They will strengthen the already present 100 soldiers from the engineering troops who, together with Polish soldiers, protect the Polish-Belarusian border. Poland and the United Kingdom are ready through the policy of deterrence discourage the aggressor from further actions” - said Mariusz Błaszczak, Minister of National Defence during his visit to London.

Nearly two thousand American soldiers will be deployed to Poland in the oncoming days. On Wednesday the Pentagon announcedthat it has finalized arrangements to strengthen the US military presence in Poland and other parts of NATO's eastern flank (Romania and Germany).

“We will work toward fulfilling our obligation that we are taking today upon ourselves. Having been engaged in the work of EC’s internal bodies for couple of years now, Poland is already fully on board in HQ’s activities. That gives our military a good position to take up the highest flag posts in the HQ, including the Commander’s post next year.I expect that Polish officers who are already here, and those who will join soon, will show professionalism and commitment in their day-to-day activities, will collect experience and share their own perspective, how to make this HQ an effective tool of security and defence, for both NATO and the European Union” - said Mariusz Błaszczak, the Minister of National Defence, during the ceremony of welcoming Poland as the sixth framework nation of the Eurocorps.

“Croatian soldiers serve along with Polish, American, Romanian and British soldiers, guarding the security of NATO's eastern flank. It shows our solidarity. This is an expression of our cooperation. But it is not only the format of the North Atlantic Alliance that is the format in which our troops cooperate. We also cooperate within the European Union. I am very pleased with the decision of the Croatian minister and government that, as a part of the European Union Battle Group in 2023, Croatia will participate in the duty together with soldiers of the Visegrad Group " - Mariusz Błaszczak, the Minister of National Defence, said after a meeting with the head of the Croatian Ministry of Defence.

I am very pleased to have an opportunity to address such a distinguished audience at the opening of today’s seminar. This event takes place at a very timely moment. We are entering an important phase of the works on the new NATO Strategic Concept. At the Madrid's summit next year hopes and expectations of the Allies are to be translated into strategic guidance for the Alliance and its political-military activities – Minister Mariusz Błaszczak spoke to the participants of the DETERRENCE & DEFENCE seminar held in Brussels and via audio-visual links.

“During the session, we discussed our presence in the B9 format, about the challenges that we face. First of all, I presented information in regard to the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border. I discussed everything related to the hybrid attack that the Belarusian regime, the Lukashenka regime is conducted against Poland, but also against Lithuania and Latvia. We talked about how this situation can be solved” - said Mariusz Błaszczak, the Minister of National Defence during the meeting of the defence ministers of the B9 countries in Bucharest.

British engineering troops will support Polish troops with repair the temporary fence damaged on the Polish-Belarusian border. Today there was a meeting between Minister Mariusz Błaszczak and Ben Wallace, the UK Secretary of State Defence, where the details of this cooperation were discussed.

"The Border Guard, which coordinates all these activities, but is supported by soldiers of the Polish Army and Polish Police officers, is primarily responsible for security on our border. The command of the 16th Mechanized Division is responsible for the northern part of the Polish-Belarusian border, hence the actions of the Polish Army soldiers are coordinated. Soldiers from the remaining divisions (from the 12th and 11th Divisions) also serve in subordinating the commander of the 16th Division. The southern part of the border is supported by soldiers from the 18th Mechanized Division. The soldiers of the Polish Army conduct their difficult service on the border on a daily basis " - said Mariusz Błaszczak, the minister of national defence, during a meeting with soldiers of the Polish Army involved in border protection.

"It is very encouraging that so many of our compatriots come here on November the 11th, to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, at Marshal Józef Piłsudski Square, to symbolically pay tribute to all those who fought for Poland's freedom and gave their lives. Threats change over the years and centuries, but one thing remains unchanged - the attitude of the soldiers of the Polish Army. They have always guarded our safety, they protect us now and will. For this we owe them respect " - said Mariusz Błaszczak, the Minister of National Defence on the National Independence Day.