“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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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.
Dozens of demonstrators chanted “Russia without Putin”.
Poland also pledged to become an “economic hub for Ukraine”, including by facilitating the export of grain.
Roman Broszkowski
The left in Europe’s East has split from its Western counterparts.