Polish army generals removed by government despite NATO plea

Poland's government has deposed the vast majority of its military leadership as it seeks to rid the country's institutions of officials appointed by the previous government.

Warsaw recently called on its allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation to reinforce their defence measures, but now Bloomberg has reported that over 90% of its army's top brass has been gutted.

The Law & Justice Party gained power following its election victory over the Civic Platform party in 2015, pledging to purge the country's institutions of those associated with its rival party.

"Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz has conducted a widespread change at top positions in operating units, each time replacing officers selected by the Civic Platform with experienced officers trained in Iraq and Afghanistan and trained by NATO," the ministry of defence said in a statement on Thursday.

The government has also called for the support of more US troops into Poland, in order to guard against an increased security risk emanating from Ukraine in the east.

Earlier this week, Polish politician and journalist Mariusz Olszewski told Sputnik that the ongoing conflict between the military and the government was related to a political struggle within the ruling party.

"The relations between the President and the Defense Ministry directly fit into the unfavorable climate that currently exists within the Polish armed forces," the politician said. "We constantly deal with politics while what the army really needs is peace, work and modernization."