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Poland aims to host about 15,000 U.S. troops on its territory by 2039, including both rotational and permanently stationed forces, Deputy Defense Minister Stanislaw Wziatek said Monday.
“We are speaking about a target number of 15,000 soldiers,” Wziatek told broadcaster RMF FM.
He said the plan would include about 10,000 troops deployed on a rotational basis and between 3,500 and 5,000 stationed permanently.
Wziatek said the planned U.S. military presence would be built up gradually through 2039.
Poland currently hosts between 6,500 and 7,000 U.S. troops on a rotational basis, he said.
That figure is lower than in May, when the U.S. withdrew some troops from Europe, including from Poland.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that “major progress” had been made toward establishing a permanent U.S. military base in Poland, even as his administration launched a formal review of the U.S. military presence in Europe.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk last week warned of what he described as Russian “hybrid” threats against countries supporting Ukraine, including drone and missile attacks.
Poland, a NATO and EU member on the alliance’s eastern flank, has repeatedly accused Russia of “sabotage” since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Poland currently allocates nearly 5% of its gross domestic product to defense, placing it among NATO’s highest spenders in relative terms.
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