(ANSA-AFP) - WARSAW, JAN 30 - Poland announced a sharp increase in defence spending on Monday, with the prime minister saying the country needed to arm itself "faster" in light of Russia's war in Ukraine. The country's defence budget will amount to four percent of gross domestic product this year, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told reporters. The parliament approved last week a 2023 budget that included 97.4 billion zloty ($22.5 billion) for the military, or three percent of GDP, which has yet to be signed by the president. "The war in Ukraine makes us arm ourselves even faster. That is why this year we will make an unprecedented effort: four percent of GDP for the Polish army," Morawiecki said. Poland had spent the equivalent of 2.4 percent of its GDP for the military in 2022, the third highest percentage among NATO countries, according to figures from the transatlantic alliance. NATO has a spending target of two percent of GDP for its members. (ANSA-AFP).