“Regardless of who is in power”, Poland supports Ukraine in its defending itself from Russia’s “colonial war”, said RadosÅ‚aw Sikorski.
“Regardless of who is in power”, Poland supports Ukraine in its defending itself from Russia’s “colonial war”, said RadosÅ‚aw Sikorski.
In terms of overall cargo volume, GdaÅ„sk was the EU’s 10th busiest port.
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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.
The Abrams tanks will help fill the gap left by Poland’s donation of T-72 tanks to Ukraine, says the defence minister.
The destroyed weapons puncture the myth that “the Russian army is invincible”, says a Polish official.
Poland has been the second largest donor of military equipment to Ukraine in the world, behind only the US.
However, in one province, Wielkopolska, there is not a single shelter.
Attitudes towards the US, NATO and EU are the most positive ever recorded in Poland by the Pew Research Center.
The land corridor between the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad and Belarus has long been seen as a potential weak point in a war with Russia.
“We are also the main [supplier of] heavy weapons to Ukraine,” says President Duda.