Two days ago, the German weekly Der Spiegel wrote that Poland and the Baltic countries would send troops to Ukraine if Russia managed to break the front. The possibility of sending our soldiers to war was ruled out some time ago by President Andrzej Duda, as well as by Prime Minister Donald Tusk and the head of the Ministry of National Defense, Władysław Kosnika-Kamysz. Min. however, has a different opinion. Radosław Sikorski. In an interview with “Gazeta Wyborcza”, the Spanish daily “El Pais” and the Italian daily “La Reppublica”, the head of Polish diplomacy said it was “possible”.
“Der Spiegel reported that last week at a conference on foreign and security policy in the Estonian capital Tallinn, “Baltic parliamentarians warned government representatives from Berlin about the consequences of German policy.” For weeks, German parliamentarians, who were not named, reportedly discussed the need to send troops to Ukraine.
Their argument goes like this: if the Russians manage to make a strategic breakthrough in eastern Ukraine because the West only half-helps Kiev, the situation could escalate dramatically.
– wrote “Der Spiegel”, emphasizing that in such a case the Baltic states and Poland will not wait for Russian troops to reach their border, but will send troops to Ukraine themselves.
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“I don’t know anything about it”
The article of the German weekly caused quite a stir, even though President Andrzej Duda, Prime Minister Donald Tusk and the head of the Ministry of National Defense, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, had previously ruled out the involvement of our army in the war in Germany. Ukraine.
Poland will not send its troops to Ukraine, the country has no such plans. We have spoken about it very clearly – Mr President, Mr Prime Minister and I confirm it
– Minister of Defense Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz recently said in the Polish radio program 1. After publication in “Der Spiegel”, the Onet portal received confirmation of the maintenance of this position from the Ministry of National Defense from the ministry’s spokesperson Janusz Sejmej .
I don’t know anything about it
– Sejmej wrote in a text message.
Sikorski’s interview and what now?
However, this does not fully explain the matter. After the publication in “Der Spiegel”, min. Radosław Sikorski gave an interview to “Gazeta Wyborcza”, the Spanish daily “El Pais” and the Italian daily “La Reppublica”, in which he discussed the scenario of sending Polish soldiers to the war was not ruled out.
Would you send Polish troops to Ukraine?
– came the question.
We should not rule out any option. Let Putin guess what we’re going to do
– replied Sikorski. When asked today at the conference about Sikorski’s statement, MFA spokesperson Paweł Wroński confirmed the existence of such assumptions.
Poland is not sending troops to Ukraine, but such a situation cannot be ruled out in the future
– Paweł Wroński told journalists.
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Source: wPolityce
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