Poland accepts the deployment of the Patriot system after a fight with Germany

The Government of Poland has shown itself willing to accept the shipment of the Patriot air defense system offered by the German Executive, despite the fact that the two administrations had maintained public discrepancies on where to locate this equipment.

The Polish Defense Minister, Mariusz Blaszczak, has explained on Twitter that he has accepted "with disappointment" the German reluctance to locate this system in Ukrainian territory. However, "we are starting to work on preparations to deploy the shuttles in Poland and make them part of our command system," he added.

The German minister, Christine Lambrecht, who had proposed from the beginning that the missiles be located in Poland, had also indicated that the device should be considered as part of the NATO defenses, which in principle would rule out its being left under Polish command as has been pointed out Blaszczak.

Berlin offered its help to defend Polish airspace after the impact of a missile near the Ukrainian border, in an incident that set off all the alarms because it was a potential aggression against a NATO member country.

The deputy foreign minister, Marcin Przydacz, has affirmed in statements to the TVP chain that Germany made a "fundamental mistake" by "going to the press with the offer of the Patriot systems before the negotiations had finished", which implied a breach of trust between the two parties.