Germany is to send troops to dig trenches and build anti-tank barriers on Poland’s borders with Belarus and Russia, Friedrich Merz has announced.
The German chancellor said Europe could not rely on US support to counter Russia, as Moscow continues to breach Nato countries’ airspace with drones, aircraft and balloons.
From next April, soldiers will focus on defensive “pioneering activities” such as “establishing positions, constructing trench systems, laying barbed wire, or erecting tank barriers” as part of supporting Poland’s Eastern Shield, Germany’s defence ministry told Bild
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