Christmas came early for Captain Marek Adamiak and the troops of Poland's 11th Artillery Regiment. Poland plans to spend to spend some £85 billion by 2035 on weapons, and this year’s defence budget stands at a record PLN 97 billion (£18 billion) But Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, a Polish newspaper, has estimated the actual 2023 amount could soar to £24 billion when off-budget funds are included. “I have said many times that it is better to be in debt, and even have to make cuts to budgets in other areas, than to be occupied,” said Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the leader of Law and Justice, Poland’s governing party and considered by many to be the most powerful politician in the country, earlier this year