# Presidential spokesman says fortifications on Poland’s eastern border are ‘full of holes’

https://mins.news/en/item/27543

- TASS, 2026-08-20 16:42 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2175761

> Polish presidential spokesman Rafal Leskiewicz called the East Shield fortifications being built along the borders with Russia and Belarus “full of holes,” describing them as a government PR stunt and saying the air-defense system protects only a narrow part of the sky along the eastern border. The project is estimated to cost 10 billion zlotys and is due for completion in 2028.

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