- In 2018, we ordered the first PATRIOT sets. At the end of last year, they arrived in Poland. The exercises aimed at their integration process first began at the firing range in Torun, today they are taking place in the 3rd Warsaw Air Defense Missile Brigade in Sochaczew. We are also starting exercises, if need be, to relocate the units, take a position and of combat preparation," said Mariusz Blaszczak, Deputy Prime Minister-Minister of National Defense, during a meeting with soldiers of the missile brigade.

"We support Ukraine, as for us a free Ukraine is the guarantee of a free Poland. This was said by the late President Lech Kaczynski in 2008 in Georgia. (...) As we can see, the Russian empire, regardless of whether it is white, red or Putin's, is committing war crimes. It is the duty of the free world to oppose these tendencies to rebuild the empire. That is why Poland supports Ukraine. We are impressed by the bravery of Ukrainian soldiers, and we attempt to support Ukraine, but also refugees who want to find shelter in Poland. I am proud of the attitude of my nation." - Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak said during a visit to Ukraine.

"Thank you for our Polish-Croatian cooperation, for our joint efforts to strengthen the resilience of NATO countries and the European Union in the face of threats lurking in all of us. Already at the end of this month, my colleague, the Minister will be in Poland. We will talk to Polish, Croatian, American, British and Romanian soldiers who are stationed in our country. I am obliged for that Croatian forces continue their presence on Polish soil. This undoubtedly strengthens the interoperability between our armed forces and shows the solidarity of the North Atlantic Alliance countries." - Mariusz Blaszczak, Minister of National Defense, said during his visit to Croatia.

"As part of the new support package for Ukraine, I presented our Polish support - we will be able to both equip and train Ukrainian soldiers on a scale up to brigade level by the end of March. Equipment will be well used. These will include armoured personnel carriers and T-72 tanks." - Deputy Prime Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said in Ramstein.

"Our view is clear, simple and consistent - Ukraine should be supported and we are doing that. As we were doing even before Ukraine was invaded, and as we will continue to do. We all know very well that there are states that are truly involved in helping, and states that help only symbolically, or perhaps even only staging any help. Our task is to convince and show that only real, actual aid matters. Otherwise, we face a very grave prospect. (...) Our task is to support Ukraine and convince our Allies that such support makes sense." - Mariusz Blaszczak, Deputy Prime Minister-Minister of National Defense, said after a videoconference with defense ministers of countries supporting Ukraine.

"I am highly satisfied with the meeting that the minister held today with Romanian soldiers stationed in Poland. I thanked him for the fact that Romanian soldiers are stationed as part of the NATO Battalion Battle Group on Polish soil, and for the fact that we are building interoperability between our armed forces. We also discussed the subject of our cooperation, which is very smooth, which we can both be proud of. We have a lot in common, both historically and in terms of today's military cooperation. In the NATO format, but also in the Bucharest Nine and the European Union" - said Mariusz Błaszczak, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense during a meeting with the Minister of Defense of Romania.

We strengthen the Polish military, the Polish Armed Forces, and the „iron fist” of the Polish Army in order to effectively deter the aggressor. One of the elements of the strengthening process is providing the Polish Army with the proper equipment – it is the best factor in our entire deterrence policy. Abrams tanks are such equipment - said Deputy Prime Minister Mariusz Błaszczak.

“Thank you for our talks, which, with no doubt, were extremely interesting, and which testify to close Polish-French relations - both in bilateral contact as well as within the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. Today, we had the opportunity to jointly approve an agreement between the European Airbus company, its French branch, and the Armament Agency on equipping the Polish Armed Forces with two reconnaissance satellites. This is an extremely imperative capacity and an opportunity to complement everything that comes with deterrence and early warning capabilities. Both in the military and civilian dimension” - noted Deputy Prime Minister Mariusz Błaszczak after the meeting with Sébastien Lecornu, the head of the French Ministry of Defence.

- In July last year, we informed the public about the decision we had taken. The decision to purchase and equip the Polish land forces with 250 state-of-the-art Abrams tanks. In August this year, here at the training ground in Biedrusko, in the Land Forces Training Center, the "Abrams Academy" began its activity. Exercises have begun. Training of Polish crews and military technicians to operate these tanks, which are the most modern in the world, has begun. Next year, the Polish Army will receive the first used Abrams tanks. Ultimately, the Polish land forces will have 366 Abrams tanks at their disposal, including 250 tanks of the latest generation - said the head of the Ministry of National Defense during the meeting with Polish soldiers.

We remember all the soldiers who carry out their mission and service. We especially remember the soldiers who lost their lives serving on missions outside our country. Today marks 11 years since the tragic accident in Afghanistan, when five 20th Mechanized Brigade’s soldiers were killed while performing their duties in Afghanistan - said Mariusz Błaszczak, Deputy Prime Minister-Minister of National Defense during the celebrations of the Day of Remembrance for the Fallen and Dead in Missions and Operations outside the State Borders.