Polish President Andrzej Duda compared to the "Iron Curtain" a project implemented by Warsaw to build defensive fortifications on the border with the Russian Federation and Belarus, called the “Eastern Shield”.
„Some politicians in the West view this with horror. The last thing they want to see is the restoration of the Iron Curtain,” Duda said in an interview with The Sunday Times.
However, according to him, such an “iron curtain” Now Poland needs it for security reasons.
About the “Eastern Shield” program. It was first announced in early May by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. The value of the work, which should begin in November, will be 10 billion zlotys (about 2.5 billion dollars), and its completion is planned for 2028. Directly in the 800-kilometer border zone with Belarus and the Russian Federation, it is planned to dig ditches, laying minefields, installing anti-tank hedgehogs and creating an active surveillance system.