Minsk claims that it wants “peaceful coexistence and cooperation”.
Minsk claims that it wants “peaceful coexistence and cooperation”.
The Polish foreign affairs ministry revealed that the US did not consult its NATO allies before deciding on the aid freeze.
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The secretary general of Poland’s ruling party has expressed concern that Germany’s initial offer was only a “PR ploy”.
Berlin has also offered Eurofighters to help patrol Polish airspace.
“You are not only giving weapons, helping displaced people from Ukraine and making humanitarian efforts, you are also helping others to help Ukraine.”
The defence minister hopes that other countries will also order Polish equipment that has “proven itself in the most difficult combat conditions” in Ukraine.
Military service was compulsory for men in Poland until 2009.
Poland this week confirmed a deal that will see it acquire almost 1,000 tanks and over 600 howitzers from South Korea.
Poland intends to buy 48 FA-50 fighter aircraft, 180 K2 tanks and as many howitzers “as possible” from South Korea.
“We must be a cohesive, armed and brave nation,” said Jarosław Kaczyński.
The Abrams tanks will help fill the gap left by Poland’s donation of T-72 tanks to Ukraine, says the defence minister.
“We are also the main [supplier of] heavy weapons to Ukraine,” says President Duda.
The deal amounts to almost 3 billion zloty (€650 million).
Poland’s defence minister is in Washington for talks over buying attack helicopters, Patriot air defence systems, and other US equipment.