“We will do whatever is necessary and for as long as it is necessary to prevent Russia from winning the war with Ukraine.”
“We will do whatever is necessary and for as long as it is necessary to prevent Russia from winning the war with Ukraine.”
We do not assume any very bad scenario [will happen]. But we must be prepared for every eventuality.”
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“Poland has delivered extraordinary support to Ukraine in the face of Russia’s further invasion,” says the US State Department.
“These should have disappeared a long time ago, they are a symbol of the betrayal and suffering of Poles,” says the IPN’s president.
“These are people who may be dangerous to our country,” says a spokesman for Poland’s security services.
Pink Floyd founder Waters has blamed NATO for the war and accused Ukraine of “crossing red lines set out quite clearly by Russia”.
Mateusz Morawiecki warned that “Berlin’s inaction seriously calls into question the value of the alliance with Germany”, whose “policies have inflicted tremendous damage on Europe”.
The German chancellor “is deeply mistaken”, says the Polish MP who oversaw a report on Poland’s reparations claim.
“Old problems remain unresolved” while “new ones” have arisen, wrote Jarosław Kaczyński.
Krzysztof Mularczyk
Poland has staked a huge amount on Ukraine holding its own in this war.
But the language barrier is an issue, with only 5% of Ukrainian refugees declaring that they speak good Polish.
Viktor Orbán had last week suggested that Poland and Hungary actually “want exactly the same thing”.
The Polish Economic Institute estimates that government and private spending on Ukrainian refugees was €5.45 billion, nearly 1% of GDP.
Paweł Musiałek
War in Ukraine has soured relations with Hungary but pushed Poland closer than ever to the Czech Republic and Slovakia.