Colonel Piotr Bieniek, the fresh commander of the 6th Airborne Brigade, took office after Brigadier General Michale Strzelecki. Kosiniak-Kamish expressed his appreciation for the experience and skills of the fresh commander, who served on abroad missions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Afghanistan. The Minister thanked the outgoing commander for his many years of service and dedication, pointing out that the change in command takes place at the time of the end of the combat work by the soldiers in the European Union.
The deputy chief of the government referred to the incidental last Thursday at Michałów, where a group of migrants attacked Polish soldiers with stones and 2 migrants illegally crossed the border. 1 of the Polish soldiers was wounded. Kosiniak-Kamish firmly pointed out that “if individual crosses the border, throws stones, Molotov cocktails, he cannot number on our hospitality. due to the fact that there's no guy who throws explosives at a Polish soldier and officers. He's an aggressor. This is bandit behavior.”
Kosiniak-Kamish assured support for soldiers defending the border and stressed the request for a "very hard and unambiguous" consequence to specified attacks, in accordance with the rules. The Minister reported that Poland, as the first in Europe, changed the asylum law for migrants. We refused this right temporarily due to the fact that we know that it is not natural, it is not honest. This is inspired by our enemies from across the east border," he said.
Kosiniak-Kamysz mentioned the sealing of the border barrier from 30% of effectiveness to 98 percent and the introduction of controls at the Polish-Lithuanian and Polish-German border to guarantee the safety of Poland. He stressed that the Border defender supported by the Polish Army, not activists, is liable for protecting the border. The deputy chief of the government besides referred to worrying statements by any politicians about the alleged presence of soldiers of another nationalities in Szczecin. He explained that they were allies who had been appearing for years.
In his speech Kosiniak-Kamysz referred to the fresh controversy surrounding the exhibition at the Gdańsk Museum “Our boys. Residents of Gdansk Pomerania in the 3rd Reich Army". He explained that the word “our boys” only applies to Polish soldiers fighting for Homeland, including planet War II, the National Army or the Peasants Battalions. The head of the MON criticized the Gdańsk exhibition, claiming that "it does not service the Polish memory policy". He emphasized that the real heroes were Poles who defended their homeland from Nazi Germans. akin criticisms were expressed by president Andrzej Duda and erstwhile head of MON Mariusz Błaszczak.
According to data from the Central Statistical Office, in 2022 there were over 1.2 million attempts to illegally cross the Polish-Belarusian border. Among migrants, the people of Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria dominated. Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz stressed that Poland would proceed its efforts to guarantee the safety and defence of the country. The government besides announced an increase in national defence spending in the coming years, which will be around 3% of GDP.
