Europe must switch to ‘war-mode’ defence production, Polish defence minister says

Poland’s Minister of National Defence and Deputy Prime Minister, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, said Europe must adopt a “war-mode” mentality in its defence sector or risk harming Europeans in the future. “I am actually an advocate for the war-mode when it comes to the production in defence sector,” he said at a press conference on the sidelines of the Warsaw Security Forum on Wednesday. “This is what the Russian Federation does at the moment. We cannot overlook this fact.” Russia shifted towards wartime defence production before its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and is projected to spend 7.5% of its gross domestic product on its armed forces in 2026.