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Poland Will Double Military Spending as War in Ukraine Rages

  • Polish army to recruit more than 20,000 new troops next year
  • NATO member is buying up arms since conflict started in Feb.
A Polish Leopard tank during a military exercise in Nowogrod, Poland in May.

A Polish Leopard tank during a military exercise in Nowogrod, Poland in May.

Photographer: Wojitek Radwanski/AFP/Getty Images

Poland will more than double military spending next year, to as much as 138 billion zloty ($29 billion), in an effort to strengthen its defenses in the face of the war in neighboring Ukraine.

Spending on army is expected to rise to 98 billion zloty from 58 billion zloty this year, Premier Mateusz Morawiecki said at a news conference in Warsaw on Tuesday. Additionally, the government plans to spend as much as 40 billion zloty to buy arms abroad, he added.