Jarosław Kaczyński - NATO Armies Must Be Ready to Counter Russian Aggression

NATO militia in Eastern Europe ought to be "combat ready" to prevent Russian aggression, Poland's ruling party head, Jarosław Kaczyński, has stated.

"He [Russian leader Vladimir Putin] only attacks where he sees weaknesses and sees a chance to win," the chairman of Poland's governing Law and Justice (PiS) party, told German newspaper Bild on 25 January.

"Russia finds it difficult to face massive resistance, even of a diplomatic nature. This certainly applies to Poland and the Baltic states. That is why NATO presence is so important here," he added.

"Germany should send more troops to the Baltic States... Good combat and operational readiness is required in eastern Europe," Kaczyński said.

Although he rarely gives out interviews, Kaczyński spoke out to reprimand Putin for "misusing history for his politics" after the Russian head blamed Poland for starting World War 2 and of machinating the Holocaust.

"The world knows the truth: It was Stalin's Soviet Union that attacked Poland on 17 September 1939. It was Soviet soldiers and hangmen of the NKVD [Soviet secret police] who murdered hundreds of thousands of Polish officers in Katyń ... in 1940," Kaczyński said.

Poland is presently considering whether to seek WW2 compensation from Germany in a radical move that could further pressure EU politics. This drastic move is not desired by any European state, since Brexit is already in a concluding phase.

Nevertheless, Kaczyński acclaimed modern Germany in contrast to Putin's establishment.

"Germany and Russia are not comparable! There is a democratically elected government in Berlin, where law and morality apply. This cannot be said of Russia," Kaczyński noted.

“German WW2 transparency has also made it really difficult for Russia and its president to continue telling lies and portraying us Poles in a bad light," he added.

By Beka Alexishvili