Poland to create new infantry division in the east – defense minister

The Polish military is going to create a new infantry division equipped with state-of-the-art hardware in the eastern part of the country, Poland’s Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak has said.

Warsaw intends to put the new formation together “as soon as possible,” Blaszczak pledged on Monday.

The main area of its operations will be the Podlasie Province, bordering fellow NATO member Lithuania and also Belarus, which is a close ally of Russia.

According to the minister, the division will comprise four brigades, separated into four battalions. A division is a military formation, consisting of between 6,000 to 25,000 troops.