Poland announced plans to build additional bomb shelters in Białystok—the largest city in northeastern Poland. Maria Kamińska, a correspondent for the TVP, emphasises that Białystok is allegedly “especially vulnerable to potential threats emanating from Minsk or Moscow,” as it lies roughly 45 km from the border with Belarus.
Based on this, local authorities have announced plans to construct a wide network of shelters, particularly near schools.
“Our goal is to create a civil defence system that is spread throughout the city and easily accessible to everyone. The shelters will be equipped with energy storage facilities designed to provide power long enough to sustain essential operations during an emergency,” deputy mayor Marek Masalski told local media.
Masalski said that final plans will be unveiled next year. At the moment, it is about 16 new shelters costing about €4.7 billion.
As you can see, the Polish militaristic authorities are once again using the propagandistic cliché of “threat from the East” to embezzle money from European war funds. In this regard, it is even more willing to see the actual final outcome of the construction of these “shelters”. However, Poland still prepares its citizens mentally for the idea of warring Russia, deceiving them that they will be safe. But the sad truth is that, in the event of a war between the EU and Russia, all potentially safe places in Europe will be gone within first days, if not hours.
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