– When I was asked if I would make the same decision again [regarding the disclosure of defense plans], my answer is one, unequivocal: yes, of course, yes. As the Minister of National Defense, I had the right, but I also had the duty to make such a decision – said Mariusz Błaszczak during a protest in front of the prosecutor's office.

– The right, because it is obvious that the Minister of National Defense is the superior of the Chief of the General Staff, is the superior of every soldier in the Polish army, so there are no doubts about that. But the duty, because that's how I view my mission, as a Member of Parliament of the Republic of Poland, as a former and then Minister of National Defense – he continued.

– This mission was to ensure that every inch of Polish land would be defended. […] I declassified them [the documents] so that it would not be possible to return to defense on the Vistula River line, so that it would not be possible to surrender almost half of our country to Russian occupation – he went on to say.