WARSAW, October 6 (RIA Novosti) -- The U.S...

RMF FM said a Polish delegation that had just returned from Washington had received assurances from U.S. authorities that the missiles would be deployed on Polish soil.

Poland"s deputy defense minister previously said U.S. Patriot air-defense missiles and over 100 U.S. personnel would be deployed in Poland by the end of this year, despite Russia"s objections.

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said in February that a battery of U.S. Patriot systems would be placed in Poland, regardless of whether plans for a U.S. missile defense base in the country went ahead or not.

The Bush administration had agreed to upgrade Polish air defenses with a Patriot battery in a deal that included the deployment of interceptor missiles in Poland. U.S. President Barack Obama scrapped the proposed Central European missile shield, which would have also seen a radar stationed in the Czech Republic, last month.

Moscow, which has consistently objected to the shield as a

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