Two top Polish army generals resigned days ahead of a tight election contest after a scandal involving an errant Russian missile triggered a rupture between the nation’s military brass and the ruling party.
The decision by General Staff Chief Rajmund Andrzejczak and the head of Poland’s operational command, Tomasz Piotrowski, deals a potential blow to the nationalist Law & Justice party ahead of the Oct. 15 election. The government has cast itself as a guarantor of national security with a plan for military spending increases in response to the war in neighboring Ukraine.
