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How ordinary Poles are preparing for a Russian invasion

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Polish government has plans to expand training programme for every adult male in the country.

Poland says it will spend almost 5% of GDP on defence this year , the highest in Nato .

Poland has been on a spending spree, buying planes, ships, artillery systems and missiles from the US , Sweden and South Korea .

Poland is due to sign a defence agreement with France in the coming days .

Poland plans to increase its military to half a million , including reservists.

Poland has the second -largest military in Nato after the United States .

A recent poll found that only 10.7% of adults said they would join the army as volunteers in the event of war.

A third of Poles say they would flee if Russia attacked.

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English

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