- It is easy and good to receive generals' nominations, it is easy and pleasant to execute one's duties erstwhile there are no threats, 1 calmly goes to duty, simply to work. Those times are gone - said Andrzej Duda on the eve of independency Day. The president emphasized the key function of generals in ensuring Polish security. In this context, he referred to the war in Ukraine, which has been going on since 2014.