The spokesman for the Territorial Defense Command, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Pękala, announced on Monday that 2,000 personnel are taking part in the flood relief effort. WOT soldiers and, if necessary, additional forces may be involved. He assured that the territorial authorities would also take part in cleaning up the flooded areas.
When asked on Monday on the WP “Tłit” program about the situation in the south of the country, the DWOT spokesman said that on Sunday, 4,600 soldiers helped fight the floods, including more than 2,000 from the Territorial Defense Forces and 2,600 from other branches of the Armed Forces.
As WOT, we created four so-called military task groups with 500 people each
– he added.
“The core of WOT is the volunteers.
He reported that if there was such a need, there were still several thousand WOT soldiers who could be involved in the operation.
The core of the WOT are volunteers, soldiers who work daily in workplaces or study in schools. They can be called up through the so-called immediate appearance procedure.
– said Lieutenant Colonel Pękala.
The spokesman said that in areas that have not yet been flooded, soldiers are reinforcing riverbeds by building embankments or surrounding properties with sandbags. In Kłodzko, Stronie Śląskie and Żelazno in the Kłodzko Valley, they are providing water and food. In Kłodzko, packaged military food rations are distributed at the base of the Military Economic Branch. You can also eat hot soup and have a hot drink there.
He assured that WOT soldiers would not end their support for the current evacuation operations. He stated that territorial residents would participate in the cleaning of the flooded areas.
