- I understand that we're talking in the context of a high risk of war. All politicians say that a veto for the European SAFE is treason because there's a high risk of war. So, if that risk is indeed high, I have another question. We have an army mobilized for wartime, meaning we have some soldiers, but if war comes, we'll need to mobilize more. [...] So why don't we conduct a trial mobilization of at least one brigade? - said Sławomir Mentzen in "Graffiti" on Polsat News.

- What would happen if one of our brigades now sent out mobilization orders to our reservists? How many would report for duty? How many would find their commander, get equipment? What would happen if a trial mobilization occurred? Do you know what? Catastrophe and chaos, because we haven't practiced this for decades. Do we have to wait until two days before the outbreak of war for the first mobilization and then see if it works? - he questioned.

Mentzen Compares the Polish Army to the Ukrainian Army

When it was pointed out that this issue doesn't concern defense spending, he replied: - Contrary to appearances, it does, because my thesis is that we are already spending truly astronomical amounts of money on the military. If the army wants even more money, it should demonstrate that it's doing something sensible with that money.

- We're spending a fortune, 200 billion alone this year, besides SAFE, 200 billion, and the results are poor. Do you know how much Ukraine spent on conducting the war in 2025? 200 billion zlotys. For that, they maintained a million-strong army that fought the Russians all year. They produced 4.5 million drones, 2.5 million artillery shells. And what have we done with those 200 billion? [...] We're spending hundreds of billions of zlotys without building our own arms industry - he continued.