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The second echelon of the Polish occupation group of troops in Ukraine
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Commentary by Nikolai Astrovskiy

[ColonelCassad] The second echelon of the Polish occupation group of troops in Ukraine

In one of our previous articles https://www.belvpo.com/129780.html/ we considered the probable nature of the actions and the composition of the occupying group of Polish troops when they enter the territory of Ukraine. Today we will briefly consider who, what role is assigned to this Polish-Ukrainian military campaign.

As we noted earlier, the 11th armored cavalry division is deployed in the western part of Poland and it is most logical to assume that the military units of this division will perform tasks in the second echelon of the operational formation of Polish troops. Most likely, with the advancement of the 18th mechanized division towards the Ukrainian border, military units and subunits of the 11th brigade will begin moving to the point of permanent deployment (PPD) of the 18th MD to the already prepared park and barracks funds. By the way, during the Defender Europe - 2022 exercises, military units and subunits were already marching from the western to the eastern borders of Poland.

Thus, it is quite likely that the 1st Tank Brigade 18 MD (Vesola settlement) will remain at the disposal of two armored cavalry brigades of the 11th Brigade, as well as a park fund equipped for maintenance and current repair of tanks, in including the Leopard-2, which is in service with one of the brigades.

The 17th Mechanized Brigade will occupy the permanent deployment point of the 19th MBR of the 18th MD.

Thus, the 11th brigade will be deployed at the deployment points already prepared in all one-offices, with the possibility of continuing understaffing and conducting operational and combat training activities at the Novaya Demba training ground (n. Rzeszow) under the guidance of American instructors.

This course of action seems the most logical, if we recall the statements of the Minister of Defense of Poland Blashak about the beginning of the formation of two new divisions. Of course, this is best done on the already deployed barracks and park funds in the PPD of the 11th division in western Poland. This will allow the Polish military leadership to form new military units as soon as possible, equip them with personnel, weapons and military equipment, and after they are formed and equipped with everything necessary, begin operational and combat training activities.

The task of the military units and subunits of the 11th brigade in this development of events will probably be to continue improving their professional skills and building up their combat potential, as well as, if necessary, to advance in the second echelon of the operational formation of troops in order to strengthen and support military units 18 -th MD in the event of a threat of a collision with Russian troops, the offensive of which is most likely from the Zhytomyr and Khmelnytsky regions.

Most likely, Polish troops will not go to the south-west of Ukrainian territory (Ivano-Frankivsk direction), since it is believed that today there is the most loyal population to Poland and no one expects Russian tanks there.


Posted by: badanov 2022-07-08
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