Poland’s prime minister has visited his country’s border with the Russian region of Kaliningrad, as construction of defensive fortifications continues there.

Donald Tusk calls the fortifications “an investment in peace”, although it has been called Poland’s Eastern Shield this year.

It will eventually stretch about 800 km along the Polish borders with Russia and Belarus.

Poland, a NATO member, is one of Ukraine’s strongest supporters in the war against Russia.

“The better the Polish border is guarded, the harder it is to be accessed by those with bad intentions,” Tusk told a news conference near the village of Dabrowka, standing in front of concrete anti-tank barriers.

“Everything we are doing here – and we will also do this on the border with Belarus and Ukraine – is to deter and deter a potential aggressor, which is why it is really an investment in peace,” Tusk said.

Along the border, anti-armor barriers (known as “hedgehogs”) will be integrated with natural barriers such as ditches – and also include threat intelligence and detection systems, forward bases, logistics hubs, warehouses and the deployment of anti-drone systems, according to state news agency PAP.