Ex-Minister charged for leaking secret military plans

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Polish prosecutors have brought charges against Mariusz Blaszczak, who served as defense minister in the previous administration, for allegedly overstepping his authority by making public classified sections of a national defense strategy developed during Donald Tusk’s earlier tenure as Prime Minister.

The current administration claims Blaszczak compromised national security by exposing military information for electoral advantages before a national vote.

“If we were to imagine the basic task of a spy in Poland, the theft of defense plans would be his priority, but no one predicted that such a role could be played by the minister of national defense,” the current deputy defense minister, Cezary Tomczyk, said last month in parliament.

Former minister of defence and deputy Prime Minister Mariusz Blaszczak have been charged after leaking government plans in the case of a Russian invasion. #EuropeNews https://t.co/jFtixiVEEw

— euronews (@euronews) March 22, 2025

Blaszczak, who held the defense portfolio in the national conservative government between 2015 and 2023, disclosed portions of a 2011 military strategy document last year. The revealed plans detailed contingency measures for Polish forces to withdraw to the Vistula River, which divides Poland, should Russia launch an eastern offensive.

According to the state news agency PAP, Blaszczak confirmed he was presented with the charges during his appearance at the District Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw on Friday, though he maintains his innocence.

Taking to X, he declared that the charges stemmed from “declassifying the plan of the first Tusk government to give up half of Poland without a fight.”

Poland’s former defense minister Mariusz Blaszczak has been charged for allegedly publishing classified military defense plans for a potential Russian invasion. The 2011 plan outlined a retreat to the Vistula River in case of an attack from the east. — Euronews pic.twitter.com/TKBH6QlcuL

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“I would do it again without hesitation. I had not only the right, but also the duty,” he said.

“Thanks to this, Poles know the truth about the fate you prepared for the inhabitants of Eastern Poland,” he said, addressing Tusk. “Thanks to this, no one will ever return to such plans.”