{"id":45253,"date":"2023-01-10T01:46:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T22:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/poland-forms-infantry-division-near-belarus\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"poland-forms-infantry-division-near-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45253\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland forms infantry division near Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>January 10, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Poland has started forming the 1st Legions Infantry Division, to be stationed near Belarus. Polish Defense Minister Mariusz B\u0142aszczak presented the new tactical unit\u2019s concept on January 9, the ministry\u2019s press office reported.<\/p>\n<p> B\u0142aszczak&nbsp;said that it&nbsp;will consist of four brigades, each brigade containing four battalions.<\/p>\n<p> Troops will be stationed in Czerwony B\u00f3r, Grajewo, Kolno, \u0141om\u017ca, Siemiatycze and Zambr\u00f3w in the Podlaskie region. <\/p>\n<p>An&nbsp;armored brigade is to be based in Czerwony B\u00f3r and Siemiatycze. It&nbsp;will be equipped with South Korean K2 Black Panther and American M1 Abrams main battle tanks.<\/p>\n<p> The artillery brigade is to be armed with South Korean K9 and Polish Krab howitzers.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to organize the new unit was made in response to&nbsp;Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of&nbsp;Ukraine, supported by the Belarusian leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 10, BPN. Poland has started forming the 1st Legions Infantry Division, to be stationed near Belarus. Polish Defense Minister Mariusz B\u0142aszczak presented the new tactical unit\u2019s concept on January 9, the ministry\u2019s press office reported. B\u0142aszczak&nbsp;said that it&nbsp;will consist of four brigades, each brigade containing four battalions. Troops will be stationed in Czerwony B\u00f3r, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45253","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Poland forms infantry division near Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 10, BPN. Poland has started forming the 1st Legions Infantry Division, to be stationed near Belarus. 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