Rzeszów is pronounced Rze like the she in sheriff, Sz like sh ów like over in move
Posted on 04/12/2023 2:01:59 AM PDT by Cronos
It is hard to find a city outside Ukraine and Russia more transformed by Vladimir Putin’s war than Rzeszów in south-eastern Poland.
The city, about 60 miles from Ukraine’s border, has become the main gateway for western allies to ship weapons and humanitarian aid, dispatch wounded soldiers to hospitals around Europe and for world leaders to land at its small airport before taking a train to the Ukrainian capital.
Before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Rzeszów was a “small and conservative place”, according to one resident, with an airport only known to low-cost airlines. Now, with Ukraine turned into a no-fly zone, Rzeszów-Jasionka airport doubles as a military facility, with a runway lined with Patriot missile defence systems. Hotels are block-booked by army subcontractors and international donors.
“It’s not as if all roads must lead to Rzeszów, but many now are and more will,” Poland’s infrastructure minister Andrzej Adamczyk told the Financial Times while visiting the city. The war made Rzeszów “essential to Ukraine and I believe that such processes of change then become irreversible”.
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While many Ukrainians who came to the city went on to other places, tens of thousands have settled there, swelling the local population by up to 20 per cent.
In February Natalia Anpolska escaped with her two children from Bakhmut, the city that has endured the longest Russian assault and has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance. She previously worked for her country’s railways, but found a job at a Rzeszów beauty salon.
“I was very worried about not finding work here, so this job is very important,” she said. “I still want to go home, but only without the war.”
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Rzeszów is pronounced Rze like the she in sheriff, Sz like sh ów like over in move
like sheh-show?
Sheh-shoe-v
Polish weapons that have arrived recently or will arrive soon
- 200 Rososmak APCs
- 100+ BMP IFVs
- 74 tanks
- 24 M120 Rak self-propelled mortar systems & 30+ support vehicles
- 100 Piorun MANPADS
- MiG-29 jets
- Missiles
Which also makes it a target if things heat up.
If Russia starts launching missiles at NATO then NATO air forces would destroy that capability.
then Russian would destroy that capability.
then NATO would destroy that capability.
then Russia would destroy that capability.
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I do not believe Russia will send any rockets into Poland-—teams of saboteurs perhaps. If NATO Invades—all bets are off the table. This could well be a new front in WW III if the balloon goes up.
I don’t think Russia would be foolish enough to attack NATO either, including with ground forces as you described.
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