Tasks of the municipalities in the field of defence

As a state directly neighbouring the arena of armed action, Poland was challenged to prepare legal solutions appropriate to the existing threats in the wake of Russia’s armed aggression against sovereign Ukraine. The adoption of the Act of 11 March 2022 on Defence of the Homeland coincided with the armed conflict beyond the eastern border of our country. These circumstances inspired the authors to analyse systemic solutions involving the municipality in the procedures for minimising the impact of security threats related to a potential armed conflict. The paper aims to characterise the tasks of the commune, which is the basic unit of local government in Poland, to ensure national defence.