Germany to deploy Patriot SAMs and its military in Poland to protect the country's airspace and logistics hub working for Ukraine

Germany plans to deploy two batteries of Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems in Poland, as well as about 200 German soldiers.

Berlin is taking this step to protect the logistics hub in Poland, which "absolutely essential for Ukraine’s defence against the Russian aggression." This was reported by the monitoring project German Aid to Ukraine.

According to German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, his country will play a key role in protecting the logistics needed to supply weapons to Ukraine. It is noteworthy that Germany's plans to deploy the Patriot air defense system in Poland became known at the end of 2024.

Later, the German Defense Ministry confirmed Berlin's intentions, noting that the deployment of troops and air defense systems was necessary to protect Polish airspace.

Starting from the end of January 2025, two MIM-104 Patriot batteries and a total of 200 Bundeswehr soldiers are to be deployed to Poland for 6 months. This means that German troops are returning to Poland with this task after a break of more than a year, as they were already temporarily deployed in Zamość after the strike on November 15, 2022, which killed two Polish citizens.

Notably, Germany would not be the first country to take such a step. Earlier, Norway deployed its own soldiers operating the NASAMS firing unit and four F-35 fighter jets to Poland's Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport in December 2024.

In addition to protecting the supply of military equipment to Ukraine from the Polish side with modern air defense systems, the German military will also perform a new logistics task. According to Pistorius, the Bundeswehr will provide Airbus A330s for the whole year to perform air refueling tasks.

Earlier, it was reported that German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Defense Minister Boris Pistorius are seeking a new military aid package to Ukraine worth 3 billion euros before the Bundestag elections. However, Chancellor Olaf Scholz is blocking the decision.

As reported, after the 25th Ramstein meeting on January 9, Boris Pistorius said that Germany would give Ukraine 50 additional missiles to the IRIS-T systems, which were originally intended for the Bundeswehr. Kyiv will also receive 20 Marder infantry fighting vehicles and 22 Leopard 1A5 battle tanks.

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