Global Courant
Poland is trying to reduce tensions with Ukraine
Poland’s president appeared to soften Warsaw’s recent rhetoric toward Ukraine after increasing tensions between allies and neighbors in recent weeks, especially over grain imports.
“We must get our emotions under control, because let’s consider who will benefit most if the paths of Poland and Ukraine diverge. The consequences could be tragic,” Polish President Andrzej Duda told a Polish newspaper on Sunday.
Duda’s comments come after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, while addressing the UN General Assembly in New York last week, appeared to suggest that some of Ukraine’s allies had feigned solidarity with Kiev.
‘Let’s not forget that Zelensky is under enormous pressure’ he told Polish newspaper Super Express. “He sends people to the front, often to their death.”
Referring to defense spending, he said new equipment “must serve to strengthen the Polish army” before more can be sent to Ukraine. “We’re not spending billions to suddenly give it away,” he said.
“But that does not mean that we will not transfer weapons to Ukraine at all,” he said, adding that “when the old equipment is replaced by modern equipment, I see no problem in sending it (old equipment) to Ukraine. ” ) to the Ukrainians.”