Sikorski pointed out that Russia is “bombing cities, destroying entire provinces, deporting children and preparing to destroy a neighbor who has done nothing wrong.” Russian President Vladimir Putin has wanted to “rebuild the Russian Empire” by unleashing “the last colonial war in Europe”. For Sikorski it is clear that Russia must lose and Ukraine must win. “And on this issue we have the same position, no matter who is in power in Poland,” Sikorski added.
Poland was one of Ukraine’s biggest supporters immediately after the invasion, but in recent months the line has become noisy due to trade disputes. That page seems to have been turned, now that a pro-European wind is blowing again in Warsaw.
Polish Agriculture Minister Czeslaw Siekierski told the PAP news agency on Friday that Sikorski is in Ukraine “to try to find a solution to the problem of the excessive influx of (Ukrainian, ed.) agricultural products into the European Union, especially in Poland ”.
Another difficult issue between the two countries is the blockade of the Ukrainian-Polish border by Polish truck drivers, which has caused endless queues since the beginning of November. Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksander Kubarov met his Polish counterpart for the first time in Warsaw on Wednesday to discuss the problem.